Creating a Perennial Garden - Part 1
The vegetable garden is still pretty quiet this week, so I thought we would return to ornamental gardening and look at some of the plans for my garden and some i...
wildlife support
Garden diary 2020 - transforming a large space into a perennial paradise.
As I mentioned in my mail the week before last, I have a lot planned for the garden this year and just to prove it wasn't a load of old waffle I include some pho...
The Extraordinary Migration of the Painted Lady Butterfly
The Painted Lady is a very interesting butterfly due to the vast migratory path that it traces and the fact that record numbers have been reported in the UK and...
Moths - The Unseen Nocturnal Pollinator
I thought we'd do one last 'Friday Facts' on unsung pollinator heroes before moving on to another subject next week. Today I am taking a quick look at moths as t...
Creating Solitary Bee Habitat
I don't know whether you know this already, but 80 of the 100 bee species in Ireland are solitary bees. Worryingly, around 30% of those 80 bee species are in de...
Preserving wild areas in your garden
This year I have slowly begun to move my garden into the field in front of my house by extending the lawn and creating a new orchard. The area is small as fields...