For me if you want a wildlife friendly garden it's not only important to have the plants that benefit our wildlife but to make sure that wildlife can access your garden in the first place so no wildlife garden is complete without a hedgehog highway to allow hedgehogs in! This mammal is so reliant in our gardens for survival in urban areas especially.
Awareness for hedgehogs is so important 😊. I've got gooseberry, raspberry, hawthorn, blackthorn, blueberry and strawberry down on an embankment to help build cover for the nature highway!
Thanks for putting another great video together. I've downloaded the kindle version of the book to drop some more knowledge on myself. Keep up the great work!
No Nettles Required, great little book, bought it on your recommendation and I'm chuffed that I do all the things that Ken suggests are the best things, to encourage wildlife into the garden.
This is a great resource about wildlife gardening, thanks Tom! Looking forward to seeing the next videos in the series. Hoping to make my garden more welcoming to wildlife. Thank you for putting this together
That’s great! It’s really rewarding to just pay attention to what visits the garden isn’t it? Thanks for the kind words and I’m really excited to share the rest of the videos with you😊
I’m going to read No Nettles Required even though it’s probably specific to the biodiversity in the UK because you’ve recommended before. It just seems like a fun read. Also, loved loved the funky transition 😂 It’s always such a treat to see you’ve uploaded something new 😊
It is fairly specific to the U.K. but still potentially an interesting read for people elsewhere. There are some global references. There’s a bit about plant evolution particularly when it comes to Asian, North American and European plants and why they’re so similar. TYSM for your kind words as always, my friend 😊
If in doubt I just aim to get a diverse series of native trees, shrubs and flowers down! Seems to me that the best way to increase bio diversity is to increase the variety of food. 😊
I loved your video! I hope you can build a solid following. One request, can you stabilize the volume throughout the video? I found I had to adjust my volume whenever you changed microphones. Good Luck!
Sorry I was editing on my phone because my laptop broke last week. I didn’t realise I hadn’t done any volume adjustment! Thanks for the kind words and for letting me know 🙏. I’ll wear headphones when I review it next time so I don’t jar you or anyone else with the audio.0
Sorry I had to edit this one on my phone (laptop blew up in the first attempt) and the sound wasn’t clearly off. Someone else also mentioned this and I made sure all the levels were sorted for the next video in the series
The most comprehensive garden study was done by an entomologist in her back garden. She recorded thousands of insects. I don’t know whether they separated the data on the basis of specialist vs generalist pollinators but she certainly recorded a diversity of each. She found no neat correlation between native vs non-native plants in that regard. There were notable exceptions too. There are often native insects that rely solely on non native plants. For instance the anise swallowtail butterfly when studied by Art Shapiro at UC uses fennel exclusively (European) for its larval food source and pollen source.
@@tecmow4399 that one part about the specialized pollinators is worth looking into as the host plants act as keystone plants. And general pollinators happily occupy those as well. And all too often, the keystone plants themselves are entirely missing in some areas. A quick chatgpt search should clarify for UK
@@tecmow4399 also, moths in particular I believe are the most importantly pollinator to target, specialized or otherwise butterflies take all the spotlight but aren’t all too tasty for predators. Also moths being nocturnal. But yeah, just my 2 cents ✌️
Sorry, my computer was broken at the time and I edited it on my phone. Forgot to do it with headphones in. I can’t go back and edit the volume now sadly 😬
"Do better."? This content is free of charge, he didnt have to make this and you didnt have to watch it, you didnt pay for the content he does not need to "do better." There's better ways to say what you mean without sounding entitled and arrogant.
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For me if you want a wildlife friendly garden it's not only important to have the plants that benefit our wildlife but to make sure that wildlife can access your garden in the first place so no wildlife garden is complete without a hedgehog highway to allow hedgehogs in! This mammal is so reliant in our gardens for survival in urban areas especially.
Awareness for hedgehogs is so important 😊. I've got gooseberry, raspberry, hawthorn, blackthorn, blueberry and strawberry down on an embankment to help build cover for the nature highway!
Absolutely! I’ve made a few into my garden but had to explain to the neighbours too because they kept filling them back in 😅
Thanks for putting another great video together. I've downloaded the kindle version of the book to drop some more knowledge on myself. Keep up the great work!
Found me a copy of the No Nettles Required book, looking forward to the read and the rest of your mini series :)
No Nettles Required, great little book, bought it on your recommendation and I'm chuffed that I do all the things that Ken suggests are the best things, to encourage wildlife into the garden.
So glad you’ve enjoyed it! Have you seen the wildlife gardening website that has a few more bits added to it but Ken helped put it together. Wlgf.org
@tecmow4399 I haven't, will definitely take a look.
Love the videos. Very informative. More like this would be great!
I’ve dropped a few more like it already 😎
This is a great resource about wildlife gardening, thanks Tom! Looking forward to seeing the next videos in the series. Hoping to make my garden more welcoming to wildlife. Thank you for putting this together
That’s great! It’s really rewarding to just pay attention to what visits the garden isn’t it? Thanks for the kind words and I’m really excited to share the rest of the videos with you😊
This is pretty fascinating.
Hopefully they get more fascinating now we’ve had the preamble type video 😁
Thanks for debunking some myths about invertebrates vs vertebrates, country vs urban etc
I’m going to read No Nettles Required even though it’s probably specific to the biodiversity in the UK because you’ve recommended before. It just seems like a fun read.
Also, loved loved the funky transition 😂 It’s always such a treat to see you’ve uploaded something new 😊
It is fairly specific to the U.K. but still potentially an interesting read for people elsewhere. There are some global references. There’s a bit about plant evolution particularly when it comes to Asian, North American and European plants and why they’re so similar. TYSM for your kind words as always, my friend 😊
@@tecmow4399 🥰🫂
If in doubt I just aim to get a diverse series of native trees, shrubs and flowers down! Seems to me that the best way to increase bio diversity is to increase the variety of food. 😊
Exactly that! Provide as much food and cover as possible
I loved your video! I hope you can build a solid following. One request, can you stabilize the volume throughout the video? I found I had to adjust my volume whenever you changed microphones.
Good Luck!
Sorry I was editing on my phone because my laptop broke last week. I didn’t realise I hadn’t done any volume adjustment! Thanks for the kind words and for letting me know 🙏. I’ll wear headphones when I review it next time so I don’t jar you or anyone else with the audio.0
Great video! Your sound goes up and down a lot. Kinda hard to hear you at times
Yeah I was trying to edit these ones on my phone while my computer was broken. The mic was terrible with the phone camera too! Sorry about that
Normalize the sound on your videos please.
Sorry I had to edit this one on my phone (laptop blew up in the first attempt) and the sound wasn’t clearly off. Someone else also mentioned this and I made sure all the levels were sorted for the next video in the series
Yes but no. If you claim to be science based, you should have mentioned specialized pollinators and the native keystone plants they require.
The most comprehensive garden study was done by an entomologist in her back garden. She recorded thousands of insects. I don’t know whether they separated the data on the basis of specialist vs generalist pollinators but she certainly recorded a diversity of each. She found no neat correlation between native vs non-native plants in that regard. There were notable exceptions too. There are often native insects that rely solely on non native plants. For instance the anise swallowtail butterfly when studied by Art Shapiro at UC uses fennel exclusively (European) for its larval food source and pollen source.
@@tecmow4399 that one part about the specialized pollinators is worth looking into as the host plants act as keystone plants. And general pollinators happily occupy those as well. And all too often, the keystone plants themselves are entirely missing in some areas. A quick chatgpt search should clarify for UK
@@tecmow4399 also, moths in particular I believe are the most importantly pollinator to target, specialized or otherwise butterflies take all the spotlight but aren’t all too tasty for predators. Also moths being nocturnal. But yeah, just my 2 cents ✌️
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Hello 😅 Haven’t done any TT lives for a while. Well recognised 😉
@@tecmow4399 Thank you for all your work. It's much appreciated 💗
@@sergioliberates pleasure to be at your service, Sir
inconsistent volume control. do better.
Sorry, my computer was broken at the time and I edited it on my phone. Forgot to do it with headphones in. I can’t go back and edit the volume now sadly 😬
"Do better."? This content is free of charge, he didnt have to make this and you didnt have to watch it, you didnt pay for the content he does not need to "do better."
There's better ways to say what you mean without sounding entitled and arrogant.