Did u know? Everything has its place & its role to play in ecosystems. Everything has a partner, or a predator or a pollinator. Once you see the interconnectivity of life, you can't unsee it...& it's a life-changing realisation... Cuckoo flower seed pods feed Orange-tip b'fly caterpillars. 🌱🌿🇬🇧🌱🌍🦋🐛

Did u know? I'm loving my nature-friendly veg' gardening. More Rudi radish seedlings going in my no-dig beds, alongside my Jerusalem artichokes. I might be going too heavy on the slug/weather protection, but I'm not taking any chances. I'm creating a space station at the bottom of the garden. 🌿🌱🇬🇧🌱🌍

Hi George @georgemcgavin.bsky.social . Have you seen this? Very alarming... #notfittogovern youtu.be/9OtO-cypKmY?...

I've just ordered the swift call cd. Got two boxes already & they also nest next door, so fingers crossed they move into our boxes this summer once their calls are resounding throughout the village.

After last winter, everyone's had enough of the wet. But walking Glengarriff woods in the pouring rain yesterday was a delight, all the flora charged and lush with watery life. These rainforest ecosystems only exist because of it.

I can also wholeheartedly recommend ...Amazing how moving it is too....

Did u know? Pigeons often get a bad rap. I think they deserve much more respect than they get: they're great survivors, successfully foraging for a wide range of food; they have beautiful metallic colours in their feathers & they mate for life, like this devoted pair.... #pigeonpair 🌱🌿🇬🇧🌱🌍🐦‍⬛

and here's something we can all do... www.ceh.ac.uk/news-and-med...

I made these cob bricks to a @johnwalterswildife.bsky.social recipe 2-3 years ago and only now have they been accepted by their intended recipient, a female Anthophora plumipes. #SolitaryBees @brigitstrawbridge.bsky.social @cathhodsman.bsky.social

Did u know? To me, I can't ever see a Dandelion without a pollinator on it, or a pollinator without a Dandelion under it...Perfect partners.... #weedsareflowerstoo 🌿🌱🇬🇧🌱🌍🐝🦋🪲🌼🪰🐜

Did u know? I first saw this living wall in a shopping centre/car park in Stratford-upon-Avon approx 7 years ago....& it's still going strong to this day. It's an absolutely beautiful sight....Why can't all municipal spaces have these? If you can't plant along, plant up.... 🌿🌱🇬🇧🌱🌍

Over a mile of road white with spilled fertilizer granules, all of which will wash into nearest stream. New Place Farm, Blackboys, E Sussex

Did u know? One warm day & everyone is taking full advantage of the opportunity to move around - to feed, to sunbathe, to exercise ....& to mate. Yesss! Three Peacock butterflies for the price of one. 🌱🌿🇬🇧🌱🌍🪲🦋

Did u know?Beetles were earth's first pollinators.They evolved 100 mill years ago,at the same time as the world's first flowering plants,like magnolias.It's thought that's why they have leathery petals to protect themselves against the chewing mouth parts of their ancient pollinating partners 🌿🌱🇬🇧🌱🌍🪲

Did u know? Some folks express their love of the natural world in poetry, or in paintings (I used to be a natural history artist before I retired). I now show my admiration, respect & concern for nature by creating an outside space that's as nature-friendly as possible. Go a bit more wild.🌿🌱🇬🇧🌱🌍🪲🐞🐝🐸🦎

Please don't buy this filthy stuff..

Did u know? I love this time of year in my biggest wildlife pond, when the water literally bubbles with enthusiastic tadpoles. Every day they're changing, growing & becoming more confident in exploring their watery world.. 🌿🌱🇬🇧🌱🌍🐸🦎🐙

A new report from wildlife charity Buglife reveals that pesticides from common flea and tick treatments are now widespread in rivers across Britain and may be contributing to major declines in freshwater invertebrates bit.ly/4b1Pu50

Beavering well www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Did u know?Don't vilify Dandies. They're beautiful, sunny, cheery flowers that turn up when little else does. Early emerging pollinators like solitary bees time their emergence to coincide with the Dandelion blooming season, so don't deprive them of their food by weeding. #weedsarewonderful 🌿🌱🇬🇧🌱🌍🐝🐞🪲

Please read - an animal who's older than time ...

Did u know? It's all hotting up in the garden. As usual, ladybirds are amongst the first small souls to get jiggy with it as the sun starts to shine... I can't believe how many there are this year....Sound on for ladybird factoids... 🌿🌱🇬🇧🌱🌍🐞🪲

Did u know? Don't ever play hide-&-seek with a ladybird, 'cos they'll always win. 😄 Don't chip, burn or tip the hollow stems in your outside spaces - you never know who's hiding in them. 🌍🌿🌱🇬🇧🌱🪲🐙🐞

Did u know?Inverts are important to healthy life on earth(pest controllers;pollinators;food providers; soil conditioners..)but because they look different to us,we vilify them.Each has a role to play in keeping ecosystems healthy.If you dig one up,like this Millipede,just gently pop them back 🌍🌿🌱🇬🇧🌱🐙

Did u know?What's not to like about letting, so say*weeds*flower in your outside space. They're really just native wildflowers that have long relationships with their partner pollinators,so they're great for our 6-legged friends & they arrive,free of charge - a pretty rare thing these days. 🌿🌱🇬🇧🌱🪲🌍🐝🪰

Did u know?It's Bee-fly season.These flies buzz like & look like bees,to keep predators away.They cover their eggs in dust & flick them into Mining bee nests where their young parasitise the bee eggs,food,larvae (not cleptoparasitise-soz,got that wrong)Great pollinators & population controllers.🌍🪰🪲

Nail-on-the-head...

Did u know?Many of us have patios, but they're sterile.Not much life can proliferate on them,so why don't you try taking out the odd slab & also let plants self-seed in the cracks, then suddenly it's a haven for small souls who can live in the cracks & also you can squeeze in a new border. 🌱🌿🇬🇧🌱🌍🪲🐞🪱

Did u know? When you purchase & use poisons in your outside spaces, the only winners are the chemical companies who produce them. The earth looked after itself before these destructive formulas were manufactured & it still can. There's always a more intelligent solution... 🌱🌿🇬🇧🌿🌍🪲🐞🪰

Did u know?My Hairy-footed Flower Bee females are in full swing These furry fluff-ball bees look like bumblebees, but they're not social, they're solitary. The females scrape out shallow nest cells in crumbly mud walls(these are my homemade mud cob bricks). Look at how meticulously she digs. 🪲🌍🌿🌱🇬🇧🌱🐝

You're talking my language.... 🌍

Did u know? The weather has warmed & insects are on the wing. When doing your winter clear-out...don't clear it out. This pile at the back of one of my borders is a broken trellis & spent catmint trimmings. It might look like rubbish to you, but to small souls, that's home. Leave it be.. 🌿🌱🇬🇧🌱🌍🐞🐝🪰

The Wind in the Willows... Goat Willow is such a fabulous tree - costs nothing, grows vigorously and in spring there's bees, moths, Chiffchaffs, Blackcaps... It now encircles the #weedypond #Willows #Rewild

Be more *Timothy*..

Did u know?This is my Beginner's Nature-Friendly Veg Gardening part 2 I don't want to use pesticides to keep carrot fly off my carrots,so I'm going to plant a partner crop to help deter their attentions.Calendula keeps them away, apparently,so they'll deter c.f's & also feed my pollinators. 🌿🌱🇬🇧🌱🥕🌍🪲🪰

Did u know?As a general rule of thumb, in the UK, insects need cold,dry'ish conditions to overwinter - this keeps disease & fungal infections down.As the last winter we had was mild & wet,I was worried about survivability rates, however judging by ladybird numbers so far,things are looking 👍 🌿🌱🇬🇧🌱🌍🪲

Did u know? As UK winters become milder Red Admiral butterflies are able to overwinter in their adult form by hiding away in nooks & crannies, like leaf mould/dense ivy. I spotted this old stager at the weekend, warming itself up in the sun. A fab reason not to get rid of ivy in your garden. 🌿🌱🇬🇧🌱🌍🪲🦋

Did u know?My tadpoles look more like newts at the mo.They're long & slender & have feathery gills either side of their head. At 4-6 weeks old, these will be absorbed into the body by flaps of skin. At this point,they'll look more like taddies - tubby lil' swimmers.They're HUGE time wasters. 🦎🐸🌍🌿🌱🇬🇧🌱

Looks like the radical left is dam serious! 🦫

Who wants to waste money looking for life on other planets,when we're busting with our own out-of-this-world life on this fabulous planet....? 🌍

Did u know?Here's a crazy suggestion (subject to checking for safety),rather than squealing/squishing trapped insects/inverts you come across in your outside space,why don't you try to safely relocate them?This female earwig didn't want to be in my wheelbarrow. One quick scoop & she was free 🌿🌱🇬🇧🌱🪲🌍

Did u know? One of the greatest pleasures in spring is seeing wild birds use nesting boxes you've installed, using nesting material you've provided (organic packing wool is dotted all round the garden)This is one, of a pair of Great Tits busy building this year's nest, for this year's chicks 🐦‍⬛🌍🌿🌱🇬🇧🌱🕊️

Awesome animals. I must try to see if I can spot any on my heap...

Did u know? If you have a pond in your garden, you'll notice that most of the frog spawn is laid in the shallowest areas. The simple reason for this is that in these areas the water warms up quicker,so hastening the completion of their incubation. Mine are going to blow in a few days. Eeek! 🌿🌱🇬🇧🌱🌍🐸🦎

1. A thread - Did u know? As well as growing more of my own organic food this year, I'm also going to embrace some of the ideas of Biodynamic gardening. Biodynamics is a holistic way of gardening that appeals to me. It enriches outside spaces by growing with the earth's natural rhythms....🌱🌿🌍🌱🌍🪲🐦‍⬛

Hallelujah! We have a cattle grid at the entrance to our house & it's so important to add steps or an escape ramp so that animals can escape. Our grid has brick steps leading to freedom. Such a fab story here...🙌

Interesting. I remember seeing one in my youth. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Did u know? The small souls in our outside spaces are easy to ignore or dismiss,but they literally underpin our world.Woodlice are amongst the group of animals we call detritivores. They eat spent organic matter, thereby recycling it & minimising the occurrence of disease.Celebrate the small 🌱🌿🇬🇧🌱🌍🪲🐙

Did u know?Nesting season is underway.There's plenty of moss for the broody birds on my patch,but I always like to supplement their choice of soft material with organic packing wool.It's benign 'cos it's been cleaned at source. I cut it up into tiny chunks, so it doesn't entangle the chicks.🌿🌱🇬🇧🌱🌍🐦‍⬛