I can feel spring approaching, I have a warm fuzzy feeling inside just thinking about it. As I begin to open veg seed packets to sow my first crops of the year, I drift away into my own little world inside the greenhouse. My thoughts turn to warm summer days rolling into hazy golden-lit evenings, sharing food and wine with friends as I [...]
All posts in category Wildlife Gardening
Food for Bees and Pollinators
Posted by Karen on February 25, 2012
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Uses for Nettles
How often have you spotted nettles growing happily in your garden? Once again you find yourself grabbing them by the stems with gloved fingers, giving them a damn good throttling. STOP! They’re not so bad! Read on….. Now I realise how invasive nettles are, but if you can spare a patch for them in your garden they can be used to [...]
Posted by Karen on February 11, 2011
http://thegardensmallholder.wordpress.com/2011/02/11/uses-for-nettles/
Snug as a Bug Box
Beneficial wildlife such as ladybirds, lacewings, bees and hoverflies are a very welcome sight here at the garden smallholding. I put a great deal of thought and care into attracting these wonderful little pollinators and pest munchers, it made perfect sense to include a safe haven for them to hibernate during winter or just escape a sudden [...]
Posted by Karen on February 1, 2011
http://thegardensmallholder.wordpress.com/2011/02/01/snug-as-a-bug-box/
Autumn Nectar
This welcome sight for hungry bees and other beneficial insects is the flower of Fatsia Japonica, an evergreen shrub that’s as tough as old boots. After the flowers are finished tiny purple/black seed heads are food for small birds. We planted this shrub around 5 years ago and now it must be well over 10 ft high [...]
Posted by Karen on October 28, 2008
http://thegardensmallholder.wordpress.com/2008/10/28/autumn-nectar/
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