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Use this list of more than fifty flowers, shrubs, and trees to plan your bee-friendly garden. They’re listed by season in which they bloom, so you can plan to have pollinator-friendly blooms all the year-long It can be a little overwhelming to understand what you should plant to create a bee-friendly garden. In the end,…
Tips on how gardeners can help hedgehogs in the garden. Includes ideas for creating shelter, creating access, and avoiding metaldehyde slug pellets Hedgehogs are adorable creatures that make us smile with their bumbling natures. They’re also very welcome in our gardens since they emerge at night to tuck into slugs, snails, and other invertebrates. Even…
Tips on how to build a small pond to attract frogs and other wildlife into the garden. Includes information on placement, size, materials, and maintenance. Organic gardening can be difficult, especially when it comes to slugs. You can pick them off individually, set out beer traps and pelleted wool, but most people resort to slug…
Identify which types of bees live in your garden and provide them with the right space, shelter, and food. Includes information on bees of the Isle of Man and worldwide. If I asked you to list all the types of bees that you know, how many could you name? Chances are that you’d say honey…
Non-toxic ways to keep birds out of the vegetable garden without hurting them. Includes various netting, decoys, and scarers, and tips on keeping them effective No matter where you garden, there’s a local bird eyeing up your homegrown vegetables. For many of us, it’s pigeons, who are infamous for stripping cabbages down to the bare…
Honey is not considered a vegan food because it’s made by an animal. However, many vegan and vegetarian foods are created through the work of beekeeping. Here’s why everyone including vegans should eat honey. No matter what your views on eating or not eating meat are, there’s one animal product that I believe everyone should…