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     Build a Garden Bug Hotel
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    By Alan Down
    In Gardening for Wildlife, Wildlife
    Posted November 4, 2019

    Build a Garden Bug Hotel

    How to build a Garden Bug Hotel In this blog I’ll explain just how easy it is to build a garden bug hotel. Do you remember when you last had to scrape squashed insects off the front of your [...]

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    About Alan

    Flora and fauna have always fascinated me but it was a lifelong career in horticulture that filled most days.

    Having grown up on a farm where boyhood days were filled with discoveries of the natural world I soon found that my passion for plants – wildflowers at that time – would direct my career…

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    And this was wild bullace plums that I foraged last autumn. But these steps are so useful and safe for lots of #gardening and #diy tasks! https://t.co/tKb2UE9hIR
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    We're dreaming of summer days, picking fruit & enjoying the harvest

    Great photo from @AlanEDown of a very productive fruit picking session, with a little help from his Henchman

    #staysafe #harvest https://t.co/uakQPP1f5o
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    I know how important this is for @IndiePlantGuide nurseries! https://t.co/Fhuo13ADuF
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    Gardeners and the garden industry really needs this. https://t.co/afgfliEQ2S
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    Exciting opportunity for an @The_RHS funded 1-year MRes based @HarperAdamsUni to investigate the use of nematodes to control vine weevil, one of the most damaging garden pests, in peat alternative growing media. Please DM me if interested. https://t.co/6g6yOJOGXp
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    Rhodanthemum Casablanca is such an underrated plan Rhodanthemum Casablanca is such an underrated plant! Give it sun and fast drainage and it repays with masses of daisies in spring. Not a lot of difference between Casablanca and African Eyes and both worth planting! Here planted in an old stone container with the purple form of sea thrift Armeria maritima 'Rubrifolia' #daisy #daisies #alpinestars #alpineplants #containergardening #containergarden #seathrift #white #celebratetheseason #celebratethelittlethings #embracingtheseasons #aseasonalshift #aseasonalyear #inspiremyinstagram #somerset #gdnmediaguild
    Thank you @niwakijake for these #garden snips and Thank you @niwakijake for these #garden snips and really close fitting gloves. Both will be really handy in #mynewgarden Thanks also @gdnmediaguild for organising this. #gardening #newstuff #niwaki #niwakigarden #tools #toolsofthetrade
    We’re into the late #daffodils here now and a ni We’re into the late #daffodils here now and a nice pot full of Kaydee from a new supplier to the UK called simply Dutch Grown. You really can get 5 months of daffodil blooms with a selection of varieties! @GdnMediaGuild
    Blackthorns have been exceptional in bloom this sp Blackthorns have been exceptional in bloom this spring! Apparently unaffected by the recent frosts it will be interesting to see what effect this has on fruiting and the all important sloes. My grandfather would always call this a “blackthorn winter” since we invariably get a cold spell when blackthorn is flowering. These are in the #leylandway and #monarchsway in Somerset. Accompanied by garden warbler, wren, robin, chaffinch, great and blue tits and the distant cawing from a rookery. (Sorry no sound) How fortunate am I? #naturalworld #hedgerow #longdistancewalking #nature #naturelovers #springtime #springishere #april #white #sloegin #springblossoms #celebratetheseason #celebratethelittlethings #embracingtheseasons #aseasonalshift #aseasonalyear #inspiremyinstagram #somerset
    Tulipa tarda An easy little one for shallow pots Tulipa tarda An easy little one for shallow pots (as here), a sink or in the rockery. #springblossoms #gold #flowerbulbs #celebratetheseason #celebratethelittlethings #embracingtheseasons #aseasonalshift #aseasonalyear #inspiremyinstagram #somerset #southwestisbest #gardening #horticulture #horticulturelife #horticultura #gardenlife #gmgspring #springisonitsway #springisontheway #spring #signsofspring #april #gardenlifestyle #tulip #tulipfestival
    An old Narcissus in our village churchyard and pop An old Narcissus in our village churchyard and popping up in other older gardens too. I believe this is White Lady which can be traced back to pre 1897. It has an old world charm and is clearly a survivor! It dances with every slight breeze and has a faint (to me) scent. #daffodils #heritage #narcissus #churchyard #springblooms #celebratetheseason #celebratethelittlethings #naturesway #naturalisedbulbs #inspiredbynature #inspiredbyflowers #alittlebeautyeveryday #slowsimpleseasonal #theconstantlycurious #myquietbeauty #embracingtheseasons #aseasonalshift #aseasonalyear #inspiremyinstagram #whimsicalwonderfulwild #botanicalpickmeup #somersetlife #somerset #southwestisbest #tintinhull
    And still the daffodils keep coming! This is Golde And still the daffodils keep coming! This is Golden Echo - a multi headed and scented one from @taylorsbulbs1919 Coronilla valentina subsp. glauca 'Citrina' behind is full of bloom and competing strongly in the scent stakes!
    Magnolia ‘Felix Jury’. Fabulous colour and for Magnolia ‘Felix Jury’. Fabulous colour and form and flowering well at a relatively young age. One of the many excellent Jury hybrids bred in New Zealand.
    Churchyards have become an important refuge for wi Churchyards have become an important refuge for wildflowers and this one is spectacular! Primroses, Lent lilies (daffodils), violets, lesser celandine and much more.
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