15 Actions to create a Wildlife Garden. Nature needs help. Helping nature.
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- čas přidán 29. 06. 2024
- Nature needs our help. We all can make a difference, by helping nature, regardless how small our garden is by making it a wildlife garden. Even planting one plant helps. We do not even realize how empty our gardens are.
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Restoration ecologist, lifelong gardener, who took over 2 acres of degraded pasture land, in 2016, shares his knowledge on transforming the garden to focus on nature, plants and wildlife. Here is the link to Growing with nature www.growingwithnature.org/
There is a shortage of natural nesting sites for birds in the UK and this lack of nesting sites has played a part in the decline of some of the UK's species.
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Companion Planting with your vegetable
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Here is the link to the garden planner I use. I know there are quite a few others to choose from. But this is the one I talk about:-
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We plan to have a number of log piles, one of which might be under this old oil tank platform. Log piles offer perfect habitat for a range of invertebrates, small mammals and amphibians. Logs offer a refuge and hunting ground for small mammals, reptiles and amphibians, and shelter for over-wintering and hibernating wildlife. Fungi, wood-boring insects, woodlice, beetle grubs and wood wasps all find homes and food in the logs.
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Content of this video
00:00 Location
00:45 The garden layout
01:06 Trees and Dead Hedge
01:34 Nature and Britain's biodiversity
03:11 Bird boxes
03:45 Bat Boxes
04:08 Compost Heap & front garden
04:24 Meadow wild flower seeds
04:58 Relocating primroses
05:10 Planting indiginous species
05:25 Mouse box
05:35 Side of the house wild garden
06:03 back garden
06:14 Growing vegetables with insects
06:47 Companion planting benefit both plants
07:45 Organic vegetables
08:20 Fruit trees
08:31 The old oil tank removal
08:45 Net Zero energy home
09:21 Dry wildlife corner & log piles
09:55 Ancient hedge
11:03 Pond & summary of the garden
Amazing work, our politicians have a lot to answer for , its shocking regarding our biodiversity and tree cover truly shocking.
I would like to add sensibly, which is quite hard for me! But I have put loads of herbacious perennials in my sisters garden, and now I want to add British natives like vipers bugloss, knapweeds, scabious's, etc!😊
Well done, James and family!!!!❤😊
Thank you. We are just starting out it will be fascinating to see what we can learn and achieve.
Definitely add a pond, somewhere in half sunlight half shade, give it sloping edges and a deepish end - good luck
Thank you for that comment. Half sunlight, half shade would mean we position it nearer the hedge. We will certainly keep this in mind.
Wonderful James.. i really enjoy your videos 😊
Thank you Vishnu
I pray more people will make more of an impact on nature. Any small way will add greatly.
I just think each of us who cares about nature, will be an example to others. Hopefully slowly we will turn the tide in nature favour. Thank you for commenting.
@@JamesRattray thank you