We have a pond with a hard liner, the bio edge ones, and to be honest it is very problematic. It had a few minor holes on the bio edge which seeped water, now fixed, the waterfall feature back flows and helps to drain the pond... grrr. We have made the decision to remove the hard liner and redo with good old fashioned liner. We currently have a few tadpoles and hope they emerge this year, as they have failed for the last 2
We have resident hedgehogs which we feed with spike food, or suitable table scraps. Watching them via the camera last week, we noticed some other visitors - 2 foxes!! The shed was built with hedgehogs in mind, underneath is very cozy for them.
My planting is very flower inspired and the buddleia has been base for a few humming bird hawk moths for a couple of years. I am always looking out for new plants to add for the benefit of wildlife. My little son grows sunflowers which we let go to seed after flowering. My hubby provides lots of well stocked bird feeders and have had nesting blue tits, black birds and collard doves. The sparrow terrace is not used, so we may re-site this.
We have LOTS of squirrels which we are not best pleased with as they are a tad greedy but that is an understatement.
We have bat boxes, but they are not in use.
My shed housed hundreds of ladybirds this winter and the one before, since we knocked down the old one and relocated with the new one, under the lime treees.
Can I do more??
My garden is reasonably sized and we are complete wildlife freaks, so the more visitors the better to be honest.
We have resident hedgehogs which we feed with spike food, or suitable table scraps. Watching them via the camera last week, we noticed some other visitors - 2 foxes!! The shed was built with hedgehogs in mind, underneath is very cozy for them.
My planting is very flower inspired and the buddleia has been base for a few humming bird hawk moths for a couple of years. I am always looking out for new plants to add for the benefit of wildlife. My little son grows sunflowers which we let go to seed after flowering. My hubby provides lots of well stocked bird feeders and have had nesting blue tits, black birds and collard doves. The sparrow terrace is not used, so we may re-site this.
We have LOTS of squirrels which we are not best pleased with as they are a tad greedy but that is an understatement.
We have bat boxes, but they are not in use.
My shed housed hundreds of ladybirds this winter and the one before, since we knocked down the old one and relocated with the new one, under the lime treees.
Can I do more??
My garden is reasonably sized and we are complete wildlife freaks, so the more visitors the better to be honest.
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