How to provide bushes for nesting birds
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In the spring, birds choose the best locations to build nests, so why not offer them a safe place to settle?
Seed bombs are great fun for children and adults!
Whether it's a plant pot, flowerbed, wild patch in your lawn or an entire meadow, sowing wildflowers in your garden provides vital resources to support a wide range of insects that couldn't otherwise survive in urban or built-up areas.
Throwing, breaking up or digging ‘seed bombs’ (or balls) into areas in your garden that need a little brightening up is a perfect way of spending an afternoon!
You will need:
- Meadow flower seeds or seeds collected from the garden.
- Peat-free compost.
- Water.
- Powdered clay (found in craft shops).
- Mixing bowl.
Creating your seed bomb:
- In a bowl, mix together 1 cup of seeds with 5 cups of compost and 2-3 cups of clay powder (you could use clay soil instead if you have it).
- Slowly mix in water with your hands until everything sticks together.
- Roll the mixture into firm balls.
- Leave the balls to dry in a sunny spot.
- Now for the fun bit! Plant your seed bombs by throwing them at bare parts of the garden and wait to see what pops up!
Top plants to include in your seed bombs:
- Bulbous Buttercup - Ranunculus bulbosus
- Chamomile - Chamaemelum nobile
- Common Bird’s-foot-trefoil - Lotus corniculatus
- Common Knapweed - Centaurea nigra
- Common Spotted-orchid -Dactylorhiza fuchsii
- Lady's bedstraw - Galium verum
- Red Clover - Trifolium pratense
- Wild Thyme - Thymus polytrichus
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How to help wildlife at work
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Attracting wildlife to your work will help improve their environment – and yours!
How to attract butterflies to your garden
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Provide food for caterpillars and choose nectar-rich plants for butterflies and you’ll have a colourful, fluttering display in your garden for many months.
How to make a bog garden
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Instead of draining, make the waterlogged or boggy bits of garden work for nature, and provide a valuable habitat.
How to build a mini stone wall
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Learn a tradition with its roots in the Iron Age and build your own mini dry stone wall to attract wildlife.
How to start a wildlife garden from scratch
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Use the blank canvas of your garden to make a home for wildlife.