Enjoying life, sharing challenges, fun in the outdoors and exploring beautiful Britain.
Yes, you read that title correctly! Tonight I discovered something incredible in the garden: ants farming aphids. It was a chance discovery, while deadheading the oxeye daisies. Running up and down many of the plant stems were ants and on closer inspection, under the flowers, on the top section of each of these stems, were …
The longest day of the year, and the hottest June day in my lifetime, the hottest June day since 1976! With the temperature reaching 34 degrees centigrade, if definitely felt hot! Perfect weather for a relaxing evening in the garden and time to try the Elderflower champagne I made earlier in the month. In the early evening …
It's so hot! I'm swapping between loving the sunshine and feeling completely exhausted by it. In this weather I don't want to do much after work so I spent most of the evening in the garden. Once I started to focus there was so much to see. I have a little macro lens for my …
A simple random act of wildness today, sowing seeds for bees. Charity Buglife say that over 97% of all flower rich grasslands have been lost in England since the 1930s, an area the size of Wales. This has reduced pollen and nectar sources and lead to a serious decline in the wildlife depending on …
Today's random act of wildness was something a little different. I've delivered a hedgehog SOS to all the houses in my street. I've made cards with a picture of one of our visiting hedgehogs on the front. Inside is the following wording: Hello Neighbours, Did you know we have hedgehogs visiting our road every evening? …
Continue reading Helping to make our street hedgehog friendly
My very favourite spot for a random moment of wildness is my own garden. We moved into a new build property five years ago, the garden completely bare, and in that time we’ve made it into a mini wildlife haven. We put in a pond, a tree, bushes and shrubs, lots of plants for …
We have hedgehogs visiting our small suburban garden. Every evening we put out a bowl of water and a small bowl of food for our visitors. In the bowl a mixture of Spike's hedgehog food, a meat based wet food and dry hedgehog food, occasionally supplemented by treats like currants or peanuts. On day 7 …
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