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Save living wildlife from the Natural History Museum

26th September, 201526th September, 2015 Rowan Adams 0 Comments gardening, natural history museum, petition

by Rowan Adams, the Climate-friendly Gardener Yes, you read that right. Please help to save living wildlife not just at the Natural History Museum, but from the Natural History Museum

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The benefits of peat-free compost

9th December, 2014 The Virtual Ranger 0 Comments compost, defra, gardening, horticulture, peat, wetlands

The UK currently uses three million cubic metres of peat per annum for horticulture. 69% of this is used by amateur gardeners and 30% by professional growers. As peat is

Notes from a Wildlife Garden

Spurn Spawn!

26th February, 201426th February, 2014 The Wildlife Gardener 1 Comment amphibians, disease, froglife, frogs, gardening, ponds, spawn, tadpoles

By Ruth D’Alessandro, The Wildlife Gardener “We’ve got loads of frogspawn. Would you like some for your pond?” is the question most asked of the Wildlife Gardener at this time

Trees

Gents, something in your pocket kills trees – and it’s not a copper nail.

25th June, 20063rd June, 2019 The Virtual Ranger 57 Comments arboriculture, copper, gardening, nails, neighbor, neighbour, nuisence, pesticide, trees

The Ranger has been involved in many neighbour disputes over trees and hedges. Trees and hedges are usually on boundaries, you see, and so that’s where the trouble starts. It’s

Invasive species Trees

Ivy on trees… kill it or cherish it?

20th December, 20056th April, 2014 The Virtual Ranger 72 Comments forestry, gardening, invasive, ivy, trees

At this time of year our thoughts turn to holly and ivy… and sometimes we encounter one of the ‘old chestnuts’ for debate that just seem to go on and