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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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More Plants Please
March 14, 2023
I watch the wonderful Wild Isles with mixed emotions. I was very lucky to meet David Attenborough back in the noughties when we sold some wildflowe...
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Growing Fruit Trees in Difficult Conditions
January 19, 2023
Guest blog - an introduction to growing fruit in difficult conditions.
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Native Or Non-native Plants?
January 10, 2023
Don't be ideologically driven about which plants to buy for your wildlife garden.
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Tips To Help Your Garden Cope With Extreme Heat
July 17, 2022
Many perennials, shrubs and trees - particularly newly planted - are going to struggle in the kind of conditions we're faced with as I write - reco...
- Bare root plants
- bees
- biodiversity
- Climate change
- Drought
- flooding
- gardens
- Green roof
- hawthorn
- Heatwave
- hedges
- meadows
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Sabre Wasp
June 25, 2022
Last week I was minding my own business watering the tomatoes in the greenhouse when an extraordinary beast buzzed past me. It must have been nearl...
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Unwilding
May 28, 2022
HUGE congratulations to local garden designers Urquhart and Hunt, who won Best of Show at Chelsea this year - and at their first attempt! What fant...
- biodiversity
- fruit trees
- gardens
- hedges
- Hookgate Cottage
- meadows
- orchards
- ponds
- Rewilding
- wildflowers
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The Top Ten Flowers For Bees
January 9, 2022
I used to be guilty of blithely writing top ten lists like this. For many, bees tend to be shorthand for pollinators generally, so you might think ...
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Barn Owls - A Story Of Our Times
July 3, 2021
A rare venture into the world of charismatic megafauna! Experiences of the lovely barn owl.
- biodiversity
- birds
- Climate change
- farming
- gardens
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The Wool Carder Bee
June 7, 2020
The Wool-carder bee, Anthidium manicatum, is one of my favourite bees. To start with, just to clear up any confusion, they're not a bumblebee. The...
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COVID-19 and Selling Plants
May 9, 2020
For many in the horticulture business the last few weeks have been a waking nightmare. Don't get me wrong - it has been fantastic to see so many pe...
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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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Coping With Lockdown I: Recording Wildlife in the Garden
March 29, 2020
The first in a series of wildlife gardening ideas to help stop you going bananas over the next few weeks...
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