Thanks

[Skip skimmer]

Hi,
Thanks for the quick responses
I'm trusting you Wild-Woman
Shame you don't know anything about allotments goosey

Skip Skimmer

[Wild-Woman]

They're all having 40 winks at the moment-end of the week

You're obviously going to have a compost heap. Good for slow worms.
Turned over earth will attract robins and blackbirds.
Do everything without chemicals-much better for attracting invertebrates, which will then pull in insect eating birds and animals.
Put up feeders.
Grow nectar laden flowers such as hollyhocks which will attract bees which will pollinate all your flowers etc on your allotment.
Be prepared to sacrifce some of your prize veg to caterpillars and enjoy the butterflies later.
Don't use slug pellets-they accumulate in the foodchain with awful consequences.
Allow space for wild flowers-the best attractants for native species.
Put up a bird box near your allotment-or if you have a shed. You could get blue tits.
Have a source of water for creatures as well as watering.

If I think of more I'll add!

Jules

[Skip skimmer]

Thanks sooo much wild woman!
When i go shopping i'll have to take a list to remember all them items.
Do you have an allotment yourself?

Skip Skimmer

[Wild-Woman]

Originally Posted by Skip skimmer

Thanks sooo much wild woman!
When i go shopping i'll have to take a list to remember all them items.
Do you have an allotment yourself?

Skip Skimmer

Nah! My grandad did years ago when he was alive. Remember him being in tune with nature when he was there.
Good luck to you with it.I love seeing local foods being grown.Great sense of achievement when you dig your first potatoes,pick your first beans and eat a salad that you've nurtured from seed to the plate.

[Skip skimmer]

Thanks, i usually get bad luck not good!
Maybe you could buy an allotment. just a thought
You seem to have loads to right mine are always short.

Skip Skimmer

[colinaj]

I'm an allotmanteer what did you want to know?