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If you want to attract lots of wildlife to your garden a fantastic way to do this would be to build a birdhouse. Another way to do this would be to install a bird feeder, which will encourage birds to visit your garden at least to feed. By installing either of these items you are going [...]  Over the last few years wildlife gardening has become much more popular as gardeners are becoming more educated on the decline of wildlife in gardens. As a result, more and more modest gardeners are becoming interested in how they can help species survive in their gardens while also learning to enjoy having regular wildlife visitors [...] If you live in an urban environment and are lucky enough to have a garden, there are several things you can do in order to improve the environment. By developing your garden into a wildlife habitat you are going to create a beautiful space for your home as well as something that attracts and promotes [...] 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 [...] Garden ponds are great stress relievers People who are suffering from stress are always on the look-out for new ways to help them relax. Not everyone can afford to pay the extortionate price of a massage at their local beauty salon so why not head into the garden instead and use the relaxing power of nature [...] Seeing our natural wildlife flourish is one of the great wonders of our country, and even domestic gardeners can do their bit to help. All gardens, whatever the size, are vital to encourage UK wildlife, and smaller gardens make up most of the green space that exists in the UK and they play a vital [...] We still can do our own share to help get wildlife to come to our gardens even though things seem to be improving with the protection of our wildlife in the countryside. By providing shelter and food for birds as well as other wildlife it becomes possible to lower the use of chemicals and sprays [...] Get the balance right in your garden and you can have a fully-functioning ecosystem. If you encourage the right kinds of predators to your organic garden, insects such as ladybirds and bees, insect eating birds, spiders, frogs and toads you can effectively control pests. For insects such as ladybirds and bees, plant plenty of brightly-coloured [...] With the cold of winter coming on, the wildlife in your garden needs all the help they can get. There are a few things that you can do (or not do) in order to help wildlife cope with the change of season. Give tables and bird feeders a thorough cleaning with scrub brushes and plenty [...] While there are many means for attracting wildlife into your garden, one of the ways not to achieve this seems to be through the purchase of shop bought “homes” for creatures like birds, bees, hedgehogs, butterflies, lacewings, and toads. A recent study revealed that after a year of testing, such creature habitats were ineffective and unnecessary. [...] |
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