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The Habitat Aid blog is set in Somerset. The blog tries to introduce some of the issues surrounding our natural environment as understood by a non ecologist. You’ll also find some practical “how to” guides. It’s written by Nick Mann, who runs Habitat Aid. Nick is an increasingly curmudgeonly bald middle-aged bloke of familiar type.

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Sowing Wildflowers in Spring
April 12, 2021
Sowing wildflowers in spring is more common than following nature and doing it in later summer. It's increasingly looking like it might not be the best option.
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COVID-19: Lessons Learnt in Sustainability and Resilience
March 20, 2021
Without overstating it (!), some good things have come out of COVID. We've certainly learned some valuable lessons as a business, as have many othe...
- COVID-19
- Habitat Aid Ltd.
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Dirty Rivers
February 26, 2021
(Nearly) everyone loves a beaver.
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To Guard Or Not To Guard
January 29, 2021
We've planted trees for hundreds of years before the arrival of the plastic tree guard. John Evelyn didn't need them, so why do we now? Some suspec...
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Neonicotinoids And Climate Change
January 17, 2021
Neonicotinoids again. Nightmare.
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Unwild
January 13, 2021
Rewilding... yes but no but.
- biodiversity
- Digressions
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What a Long Strange Trip It's Been
January 6, 2021
Changing Times This New Year more than most I've found myself reflecting on the way the world is turning. Like everyone, I suppose. We're through t...
- Bare root plants
- biodiversity
- COVID-19
- Habitat Aid Ltd.
- hedges
- lockdown
- meadows
- seeds
- wildflowers
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Interesting Times
November 15, 2020
Supply chain disruption and rising prices will pose challenges for garden centres and online plant and seed retailers.
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Disconnected
November 2, 2020
We need to re-engage people with the landscape. Here's something which might help...
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Political Mis-Steps
October 15, 2020
Nature in the UK seems to be becoming more, not less, expendable.
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Vanishing Hedgerows
September 16, 2020
Hedgerows are a critical natural asset and should be managed more carefully.
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Yellow Rattle in 2020: A story of our times
August 25, 2020
Yellow Rattle is a helpful plant in meadow making, but not the silver bullet some suggest.
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