With summer getting closer gardens now need more maintenance and it is time to get the lawn mowers out of the garage. However, instead of getting the mower out, why not try leaving it in the shed so that your garden an offer a safe haven to wildlife that is now starting to emerge from [...]
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Brigit Strawbridge the eco-campaigner will be at the Three Counties Showground Spring Gardening Show this year along with many other familiar faces. Brigit is best known as the host of the BBC’s It’s Not Easy Being Green, will in attendance in the Eco Home and Garden area.B The show is one of the largest horticultural shows [...] With care a garden can come alive with butterflies, bird songs, native bees, ladybirds, and plenty of other creatures that are simply looking for a place to live. Every person that has a garden whether it is in a plot, suburban garden, or even a balcony can help put back a piece of the wildlife habitat [...] According a survey that provides an annual look at the rodent problem in the UK, garden birds getting overfed and rubbish being collected every fortnight instead of weekly is causing mice and rats to thrive throughout the county. The NPTA (National Pest Technicians Association) even stated that even though local authorities [...] As a result of the freeze during last winter the RSPB has reported that the amount of small birds such as goldcrests and coal tits has fallen. According to the charity’s yearly Big Garden Birdwatch, the numbers of goldcrests fell by 75% and coal tit numbers fell by 20%. Currently, the most intense back garden orgies in Scotland are happening, as the toad breeding season has reached its peak and the amphibians are travelling to spawning ponds in huge numbers despite the danger of the trip. In fact, the male toads are so eager to mate that it is not unheard of to find a [...] Aquatic plants that are imported from other countries and sold in the UK for use in ponds and gardens can spread into the wild outside of gardens and cause problems for natural ecosystems in the UK threatening some of the most important wildlife sites in the country. Included in the number of threatened sites include [...] There are more than 20,000 different fish species that exist in nature with only a few of those able to survive in freshwater, and only a few more of this tiny group able to survive in ponds. However, despite the fact that there are only a few freshwater species that can be kept in our gardens [...] According to a national survey published by the Pond Conservation charity ponds in Britain are in a horrible condition. In fact, the conservation group found that most countryside ponds have a large amount of pollution from urban sprawl or fertilizer run off. While this news is depressing, what may be more depressing is the fact that [...] |
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