Most gardeners view themselves as nature lovers, with one of the most enjoyable aspects of creating and maintaining a garden lying in the feeling of closeness to nature. It often comes as a surprise to many, however, that their garden is an essential home.
In this revised and updated version of the classic How to Make a Wildlife Garden, professional environmentalist Chris Baines shows how you can transform your garden into a rich wildlife haven.
“They love to come up here,” says Mudd as the dogs play on a rock overlooking the canyon, “but they will never come up here on their own. This is coyote territory. They're very clear about what those borders are.
Imagine this scene in your backyard: Colorful birds nest in the trees, butterflies skip from flower to flower, squirrels scamper through the grass, frogs perch along the water's edge, bats...
Follow the story of your pond from season to season as the ebook takes you through the variety of creatures that will visit your new water feature: the blackbird that bathes in the shallows; the snuffling hedgehog that has come to quench ...
Special features: Three small ponds pump water to artificial streams and waterfalls that provide a water source for wildlife and a riparian element to this otherwise dry canyon landscape. Ken built the streams by hand and lined them ...
Inside this book, you’ll find irresistible plants for birds, butterflies, and bees, creative garden designs for year-round beauty, and our top plant lists to take the guesswork out of gardening.
In this revised and updated version of the classic How to Make a Wildlife Garden, professional environmentalist Chris Baines shows how you can transform your garden into a rich wildlife...
This best-selling book was first published as How to Make a Wildlife Garden, and launched at the 1985 Chelsea Flower Show, making wildlife a mainstream issue for gardeners and the public.
The nymphs go through four instars before becoming adults. Garden habitats: Long grass. Distribution: Common and widespread across the British Isles. Speckled bush cricket Leptophyes punctatissima Description: Unlike grasshoppers, ...
AB Bishop shows how to design, plant and maintain fauna-friendly landscapes, stressing the importance of understanding how all aspects of the backyard ecosystem are interlinked in order to create a truly authentic and effective habitat.