How to build a hedgehog home
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By providing safe places for hedgehogs to live, you’re much more likely to see these prickly creatures in your garden.
Feed the birds...
Through these icy cold months, birds can struggle to build up and keep the body fat they rely on to keep warm.
Help the birds in your garden refuel with full bird feeders – garden birds love seeds, fat balls, dried mealworms or waxworms and even halved apples. Any extra food you can put out for them will make a big difference.
Ben Hall
Ice, Ice, Breaky!
In the unlikely event that it gets cold enough to freeze the pond in your garden, make sure you gently make holes in the ice. In frozen pond water, toxic gasses build-up that can kill fish or frogs that may be hibernating at the bottom.
Never use force or boiling water to break the ice as this could harm or even kill fish living in the pond. You can make a hole in the ice by carefully placing a hot pan of water on the surface. Or place a tennis ball in the pond to keep it from freezing over (and if it does, removing the tennis ball creates an instant oxygen hole for wildlife.
Food, Water and Shelter are essential!
During the winter, food, water and shelter can be tough for animals to find, but they are essential for them to survive.
Putting out small treats, making sure bird baths are ice-free or leaving out shallow bowls of fresh, clean water, and providing shelters in your garden can really help the animals visiting your garden.
Just remember, only leave small quantities of food so your animal guests don't become dependent on handouts.
How to build a bird box
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With natural nesting sites in decline, adding a nestbox to your garden can make all the difference to your local birds.
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The benefits & abundance of perennial vegetables & fruit
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Typically, most gardeners and farmers grow annual vegetable crops – those that are sown, planted, and harvested within one growing season. But perennial fruit and vegetables, which grow and produce food for many years, are becoming increasingly popular.…
Summer flowers for a wildlife-friendly garden
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Looking to create a garden that’s not just beautiful but also provides a range of benefits for wildlife, as well as ongoing summer flowers? There’s lots of consider when choosing plants. I’m the Wild About Gardens Officer at Kent Wildlife Trust and these…
Our new Wild About Gardens Officer's top tips
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What does wildlife-friendly gardening mean to our new Wild About Gardens Officer? Ellen Tout shares what inspires her garden, and how we can all make a huge difference for nature right outside our back doors.