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Jackie Bennett. Your Wildlife Garden
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
BACK TO BASICS
USING THE BOOK
JANUARY
tasks. FOR THE. month
STARTING A WILDLIFE NOTEBOOK
LOOKING AFTER THE BIRDS
KEEPING THE POND ICE FREE
MAKING PLANS
ORDERING WILDFLOWER SEEDS
plants. OF THE. month. COMMON SNOWDROP (Galanthus nivalis)
HONEYSUCKLE (Lonicera fragrantissima)
VIBURNUM (Viburnum x bodnantense)
WINTER ACONITE (Eranthis hyemalis)
practical project MAKING A BAT BOX
THE BAT’S YEARLY CYCLE
WHY ENCOURAGE BATS?
SITING THE BOX
CONSTRUCTING A SIMPLE BOX
FIXING THE BOX
AFTERCARE
FEBRUARY
tasks. FOR THE. month
FEEDING BIRDS
PRUNING BUDDLEIA
PRUNING BERBERIS AND COTONEASTER
LIFTING AND DIVIDING BORDER PERENNIALS
PRUNE SHRUB ROSES
PLANTING LILY OF THE VALLEY
TRIMMING BACK PERENNIALS
plants. OF THE. month
ALDER (Alnus glutinosa)
HAZEL (Corylus avellana)
STINKING HELLEBORE (Helleborus foetidus)
SWEET VIOLET (Viola odorata)
practical project MAKING AND SITING NEST BOXES
CHOOSING A BOX
SITING THE BOX
CONSTRUCTING THE NEST BOX
FIXING THE BOX
AFTERCARE
MARCH
tasks. FOR THE. month
BIRD FEEDING
DEALING WITH WEEDS
MULCHING
DIVIDING MARGINAL POND AND WETLAND PLANTS
Dividing clump-forming plants
Dividing creeping plants
CLIPPING FLOWERING HEATHER AND LAVENDER
SOWING HALF-HARDY ANNUALS
plants. OF THE. month
WOOD ANEMONE (Anemone nemorosa)
CROCUS
LESSER CELANDINE (Ranunculus ficaria)
practical projectMAKING A WILDLIFE POND
WHERE TO SITE THE POND
SIZE
CONSTRUCTING THE POND
LINKING A MARSH OR WETLAND AREA TO THE POND
plants. OF THE. month
FLOWERING CURRANT (Ribes sanguineum)
PRIMROSE (Primula vulgaris)
practical project
PLANTING THE POND
ATTRACTING WILDLIFE TO THE POND
POND MANAGEMENT
ADAPTING A FORMAL POND FOR WILDLIFE
APRIL
tasks. FOR THE. month
CHECKLIST
BIRD TABLE
SOW HARDY ANNUAL SEEDS
Aftercare
CUTTING THE NEW FLOWERING MEADOW
PLANTING WATER AND WETLAND PLANTS
PLANTING CLIMBERS
Planting container-grown climbers
plants OF THE month
ENGLISH BLUEBELL (Scilla non-scripta)
WILD DAFFODIL (Narcissus pseudonarcissus)
practical project MAKING AND PLANTING A WETLAND/MARSH
MAKING AN INDEPENDENT MARSH AREA
PLANTING UP THE MARSH
plants. OF THE. month
SNAKESHEAD FRITILLARY (Fritillaria meleagris)
COMMON GRAPE HYACINTH (Muscari neglectum)
COWSLIP (Primula veris)
practical project
MAINTAINING THE WETLAND
WETLAND WILDLIFE
GROWING MARSH PLANTS IN CONTAINERS
PEAT BOGS
MAY
tasks. FOR THE. month
PLANTING OUT HALF-HARDY ANNUALS
Preparation
Planting
CLEAR SPRING BORDERS
LIFT AND DIVIDE PRIMROSES
PRUNING FLOWERING CURRANT
PLANTING HANGING BASKETS
Alternative hanging basket
PLANTING FOR SUMMER AND AUTUMN
plants OF THE month
RAMSONS/WILD GARLIC (Allium ursinum)
practical project PLANTING A NATIVE HEDGE
CHOOSING THE SPECIES
HOW TO PLANT A HEDGE
IMMEDIATE AFTERCARE
plants. OF THE. month
LILY OF THE VALLEY (Convallaria majalis)
BROOM (Cytisus scoparius)
WILD CHERRY (Prunus avium)
BIRD CHERRY (Prunus padus)
practical project
MAINTENANCE
CLIPPING
WILDLIFE TO EXPECT
HEDGEROW FLOWERS
JUNE
tasks FOR THE month
PROVIDING EXTRA FOOD FOR HEDGEHOGS
LIFTING AND DIVIDING BULBS
CLEARING POND OF ALGAE AND PONDWEED
CUTTING DOWN THE NETTLE PATCH
SOWING SEEDS OF BIENNIALS
Sowing biennials
Aftercare
CUTTING THE SPRING-FLOWERING MEADOW
DIVIDING IRISES
plants OF THE month
HONEYSUCKLE (Lonicera periclymenum)
practical projectPLANTING WALLS AND ROCK BANKS
WALL PLANTING
Planting in a wall
CONSTRUCTING A ROCK BANK
plants OF THE month. RAGGED ROBIN (Lychnis flos-cuculi)
COMMON EVENING PRIMROSE (Oenothera biennis)
FOXGLOVE (Digitalis purpurea)
practical project
PLANTING IN GRAVEL AND PAVING
Making a gravel bed
Planting in paving
JULY
tasks FOR THE month
WATERING
PLANTING AUTUMN-FLOWERING BULBS
PRUNE BROOM
CUTTING THE SUMMER-FLOWERING MEADOW. Established meadows
New meadows
TYING IN CLIMBERS
TRIMMING ROCK PLANTS
PRUNING RAMBLER ROSES
FEEDING CONTAINER PLANTS
THE BUTTERFLY COUNT
plants OF THE month
GREATER KNAPWEED (Centaurea scabiosa)
ROSE OF SHARON (Hypericum calycinum)
COMMON (OR FIELD) POPPY (Papaver rhoeas)
practical projectESTABLISHING A ‘NO GO’ AREA
THE WOODPILE
LEAF PILES AND HEDGEHOG HABITATS
NETTLE PATCH
HABITAT BOOSTERS
BRAMBLES — TO CULTIVATE OR NOT TO CULTIVATE
plants OF THE month. NASTURTIUM (Tropaeolum majus)
POT MARIGOLD (Calendula officinalis)
FIELD SCABIOUS (Knautia arvensis)
RED CAMPION (Silene dioica)
practical project
AUGUST
tasks FOR THE month
LAST-MINUTE PLANTING
TAKING SEMI-HARDWOOD CUTTINGS
WATERING
POND ALTERNATIVES
TRIMMING DECIDUOUS HEDGES
plants OF THE month. WILD ANGELICA (Angelica sylvestris)
PURPLE LOOSESTRIFE (Lythium salicaria)
LADY’S BEDSTRAW (Galium verum)
TREE MALLOW (Lavatera thuringiaca ‘Rosea’)
SEA HOLLY (Eryngium maritimum)
practical projectPLANNING A HERB BED OR GARDEN
TOP HERBS FOR WILDLIFE
PREPARING THE SITE
HERBS FOR LESS-THAN-IDEAL CONDITIONS
plants OF THE month
HAREBELL (Campanula rotundifolia)
HEATHER (Calluna vulgaris)
GLOBE THISTLE (Echinops ritro)
practical project
PLANNING THE HERB GARDEN
SEPTEMBER
tasks FOR THE month
FINAL MOWING OF THE WILDFLOWER LAWN
THE FRUIT HARVEST
USING EVERGREEN SHRUBS AND TREES
PLANTING EVERGREEN SHRUBS
CLEARING ANNUAL FLOWER BEDS
COLLECTING SEED
plants OF THE month. ELDER (Sambucus nigra)
GOLDEN ROD (Solidago canadensis)
SEDUM (Sedum spectabile)
TEASEL (Dipsacus fullonum)
practical projectCREATING A SUMMER-FLOWERING MEADOW
SOWING A WILDFLOWER LAWN. Choosing the site
Ground preparation
Choosing a seed mixture
SOWING THE SEED
AFTERCARE IN THE FIRST YEAR. Meadow mixture only
Meadow mixture sown with cornfield annuals
MEADOW MAINTENANCE IN LATER YEARS
INCORPORATING WILDFLOWERS INTO AN EXISTING LAWN
Sowing wildflower seed into an existing lawn
Adding pot-grown wildflowers to an existing lawn
OCTOBER
tasks FOR THE month
BULB PLANTING 1
PLANTING OUT BIENNIALS AND PERENNIALS
Planting steps
AUTUMN MULCHING
TAKING HARDWOOD CUTTINGS
plants OF THE month
IVY (Hedera helix)
ROWAN OR MOUNTAIN ASH (Sorbus aucuparia)
tasks FOR THE month
Taking the Cuttings
Planting the cuttings
Aftercare
GROWING TREES AND SHRUBS FROM SEED
Collecting the seed
Stratification
Sowing the seed
plants OF THE month
JAPANESE QUINCE
MICHAELMAS DAISY (Aster novae-angliae and Aster novi-belgii)
MEADOW SAFFRON (Colchicum autumnale)
practical projectPLANNING AND PLANTING A WOODLAND HABITAT
SITING THE WOODLAND
CHOOSING THE TREES AND SHRUBS
WHAT TO LOOK FOR WHEN BUYING TREES
PLANTING THE WOODLAND
Tree planting
Aftercare
THE WOODLAND FLOOR
WOODLAND FLOWERS
WOODLAND MAINTENANCE
NOVEMBER
tasks FOR THE month
BULB PLANTING 2
DEALING WITH AUTUMN LEAVES
Making leaf mould
Keeping the pond free of leaves
BONFIRES
THE FLOWER BED
MAKING WINTER HABITATS
CUTTING BACK IVY
plants OF THE month
BARBERRY (Berberis thunbergii)
FIRETHORN (Pyracantha)
OLD MAN’S BEARD (Clematis vitalba)
GUELDER ROSE (Viburnum opulus)
practical projectSTARTING A COMPOST HEAP
BIN OR HEAP?
MAKING COMPOST
Composting method
WHAT HAPPENS INSIDE A COMPOST HEAP
WILDLIFE AND THE COMPOST HEAP
USING COMPOST
COMPOST MATERIALS TO AVOID
WHAT WENT WRONG
DECEMBER
tasks FOR THE month
BIRD FEEDING
KEEPING POND FREE OF ICE
PLANTING BARE-ROOT SHRUB ROSES
COPPICING TREES AND SHRUBS
What is coppicing?
Why coppice?
How to coppice
POLLARDING
plants OF THE month
HOLLY
HAWTHORN
MISTLETOE
practical projectCHOOSING A BIRD TABLE OR FEEDER
HANGING FEEDERS
WINDOW FEEDERS
DIY TABLE
WHO FEEDS WHERE
Table-feeding birds
Acrobatic-feeding birds
Ground-feeding birds
WHERE TO SITE THE BIRD TABLE
ATTRACTING WOODPECKERS. Making a Log Feeder
plants OF THE month
COTONEASTER SPECIES
C. frigidus
appendix 1CONTAINER GARDENING FOR WILDLIFE
DON’T FORGET HERBS
STEP-BY-STEP CONTAINER PLANTING
appendix 2GARDEN PLANS
USEFUL ADDRESSES
WILDLIFE ORGANISATIONS
SPECIALIST NURSERIES AND PLANT SUPPLIERS
FURTHER READING
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
