Preparing Your Garden for Winter Wildlife
As temperatures drop, your garden can become a vital refuge for birds, hedgehogs, and insects. With a few simple steps this November, you can help them survive the cold while keeping your garden full of life.
1. Feed the Birds
Provide high-fat foods like peanuts, suet balls, and sunflower seeds. Keep feeders clean and topped up.
2. Create Shelter for Hedgehogs
A quiet corner with leaves and logs makes a perfect hibernation spot. Avoid disturbing piles once settled.
3. Leave Seed Heads Standing
Plants like echinacea, teasels, and sunflowers provide both food and shelter for insects and birds.
4. Keep Ponds Accessible
Don’t let ponds freeze solid — wildlife needs drinking water even in winter.
5. Avoid Over-Tidying
A little leaf litter and debris provide crucial winter shelter for beneficial insects.
Final Thought: A wildlife-friendly winter garden is a healthy one — and it comes alive again in spring.
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