• Water your lawns please....
    Starlings Thrushes etc have had a rough time finding worms with all the dry weather. I read a report that said please water your lawns to help loosen the soil so the birds can get the worms easier...
  • Relax! It's what your lawn would want
    Of all the things we suggest you do to make your garden more of a haven for wildlife, surely those that involve actually stopping doing something are the most attractive. After all, in this age where...
  • Could your lawn become a meadow?
    One of the beauties of giving nature a home in your garden is that there are things you can do that are very simple but, if you like a challenge, you can try some pretty tricky things too. My blog...
  • Boring lawns - your days are numbered!
    Last week I attended the Wildlife Gardening Forum , held at the Natural History Museum in London. That’s eighty or so wildlife gardeners packed into one lecture theatre, everybody from the Royal Horticultural...
  • A little bit of butter in your lawn
    I’m always mindful in these blogs that those of you who live in the north are going to have some different wildlife visit your outside space and different types of plant you can grow than those in the...