How to attract birds into your garden

Imagine getting up in the morning, hearing the sound of birds coming from your garden, and looking from your window, and seeing the birds brightening up your garden. You can invite birds to your garden by putting out some food for them on a regular basis. As long as you keep feeding them, they will [...]

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Choosing the best pond liner for your garden

Pond liners are just as important to a pond as a foundation is to a building, making it vital that, if you have not yet thought to do so, you invest in pond liners.Out of all of the materials that you could choose to use plastic usually the best choice because it is also the [...]

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3 key things to attract wildlife into your garden

If you have been looking for tips on how to attract local wildlife and birds into your garden, there are three main items you need; food, water and places for them to nest. The features and plants are key to attracting the required wildlife into your garden so it is simply a matter of working [...]

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Any sized space will attract wildlife if planted correctly

Whether you have an average sized garden, a large space or just a balcony or patio, you can still transform this into an attractive and peaceful space that you will enjoy and that will also be a sanctuary for a wide variety of local wildlife. The wildlife habitat you could create could simply be some [...]

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Have a garden full of colour with your own butterfly jungle

Have a garden full of colour with your own butterfly jungle

With awareness of our declining Fauna and Flora ever increasing, interest in conservation and attracting as much wildlife into our gardens is also on the rise. Many of our native species of butterfly are on the decline due to loss of their natural habitats [...]

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Chickens are fast becoming favourites as family pets

Chickens are fast becoming favourites as family pets

With this years National Pet Week, 7th April-7th May, fast approaching it is high time we started celebrating the animals who share our lives.

It isn’t just dogs and cats that are getting all the attention either, as the animal feed specialists Dodson & Horrell have revealed that [...]

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Wildlife gardens attract all manner of birds and animals

Creating a wildlife garden can be a fantastic way to encourage all types of animals into your garden.

One of the best ways to make your garden more wildlife friendly is to create a shelter or box for certain types of animals.

The most common sort of box for animals is the bird box, but there are [...]

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Poppies will attract all manner of wildlife into your garden

When people first start getting interested in gardening, they will fill their gardens with a wide array of plants that will make their garden look spectacular.

What people tend to realise after a short while is that attracting wildlife to your garden can add an excellent new dimension to its beauty.

There are many different types of [...]

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UK drought hits garden wildlife hard

There is currently a drought occurring in the south and east of the UK and some experts fear that if conditions do not improve before the spring than many plants and animals are going to be hard hit.

John Wilkinson from the Amphibian and Reptile Conservation Trust has commented, “This time of year is when the [...]

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The fight for hedgerows

The hedgerow is something of a symbol of the British countryside as it is not only an attractive feature that appears in many parts of the country but it is a valuable home for a wide variety of wildlife. You will find a wide variety of animals in hedgerows including, the song thrush, the dormouse [...]

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