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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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Blossom, Blossom, And More Blossom!
April 18, 2020
You can have blossom in your garden from January to May. Here's why you want it and how you can have it!
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The Problem With Chlorinated Chicken
February 5, 2020
Why we should all fight for high food standards. They're good for our farmers, good for consumers, and good for the environment.
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Jam Today
August 18, 2017
Earlier this summer a copy of Holly Farrell'sThe Jam Maker's Gardenarrived for me to review. It has sat in the catering department's in tray ever s...
- food and drink
- fruit
- gardens
- orchards
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Hedgerow Harvest
October 8, 2015
There's never a really good time of year to flail a hedge, but it's particularly galling to see so much hedge cutting going on at this time of year...
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The Pig Hotel
June 25, 2013
Last week the Pig Hotel in the New Forest very kindly offered me free lunch and a tour. As a free loading pig enthusiast how could I refuse? There ...
- food and drink
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The Wildflower Meadow And The Chicken
March 13, 2013
A chicken and a wildflower meadow don't seem a natural combination, but in fact they're a match made in heaven. Let me explain. Last year we were...
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Don't Stall on Sow Stalls!
February 24, 2013
Sow stalls are a shocking scandal. To my mind, as they're an animal welfare issue they're much more offensive than any meat mislabelling problem, a...
- food and drink
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Cider Apple Picking
October 18, 2010
Cider making on a small scale
- food and drink
- orchards
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A Little Outing
September 28, 2010
the Marches in autumn
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AAArgh...We're All Gonna Die!!!
May 4, 2010
The End of The World as we Know it.
- bees
- food and drink
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Name That Ram
April 16, 2010
Your chance to vote!
- food and drink
- meadows
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Gower Wildflowers
March 4, 2010
An Englishman abroad...
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