Archive for the ‘Wildlife Gardens’ Category

Attracting Insects to Your Garden – For Pest Control and Pollination

Erecting an Insect nest box or providing an Insect Habitat and feeding station can be a great way to encourage more wildlife to your garden. Attracting the right insects has several benefits: They are low down in the animal food chain and having a plentiful number of insects means food for birds and mammals, which [...]

Garden Designs For The Different Types Of Gardens

No matter if they are urban or rural, all gardens benefit from preplanning and design. This doesn’t mean just knowing where you want your garden, but the overall design of the garden. Today, gardening can include everything from vegetables to flowers to lawn care. Carefully planning what you want, and where you want it, beforehand [...]

Fish and Wildlife in a Water Garden? Species to Choose

There are in excess of 20,000 species of fish in nature, and most of these are marine-based. A small number are freshwater fish, and only a tiny number of these are suitable for keeping in ponds. Nevertheless, of the few species available to us, there is a huge range of hybrids, shapes, colours, habits and [...]