Improve biodiversity in the garden: islands of wild life!

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Improve biodiversity in the garden: islands of wild life!




by Christophe » 01/07/19, 13:33

Following this topic Agriculture / destruction-of-the-biodiversity-by-sake-of-cleanliness-t16043.html I launch this specific one on the theme of what I call a "island of biodiversity" in other words "a corner of the garden left intentionally wild".

The "decorum" and the good manners want that one does not leave his garden fallow, at least the visible part of the street (I did it during 8 years : Cheesy: so I had the right to remarks and blablabla ...) ... on the other hand let a garden grow improves biodiversity.

A good compromise, I think, is to leave, here or there, places not maintained. This is good because my garden, sloping and due to plants, is rather complex to maintain ... : Cheesy:

Here are the (many) places I left wild, photos taken BEFORE mowing. As I am not an ayatola of mowing, it will be difficult to distinguish the lawn from the wild on some! Reassure you I would do another series after mowing ... (bin yes, mow it already pump me but then mow in the heat no thank you : Cheesy:)

The old shoes stuck here or there are attempts to nest, but only one has been used ... Maybe the smell? : Mrgreen:

I even have a fern corner (the forest is not far)!

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And a photo of the neighbor's garden next door ... to compare ...

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by Christophe » 01/07/19, 13:52

And 2 more photos, before mowing, I let go in flowers ...

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But now it's collective guillotine session ... sorry girls! : Cheesy:
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by izentrop » 02/07/19, 01:06

A part of garden-bush.
On the left, among poppies, poppies and thistles, onions and shallots.
Right, yellowing, early potatoes good to harvest.
A makeshift shelter for cherry tomatoes ... The green canvas is to shelter them from sunburn.
Here and there ... various gourds.
The rest, especially large nettles, various trees ...

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Box invaded by brambles, elderberry ...
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by to be chafoin » 04/07/19, 23:24

Ah yes there it will be difficult to beat even if we are far from "the islet". The most beautiful effect this mixture of onions, poppies, poppies!
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by Did67 » 05/07/19, 09:58

My contribution is on Youtube since a few days already ...

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by Christophe » 05/07/19, 10:15

Yes Didier I saw it and I made this subject following this one: Agriculture / destruction-of-the-biodiversity-by-sake-of-cleanliness-t16043.html just to show that a "compromise" was possible between the sanitization of "golf lawns" (as in my neighbor and in 95% of people ... I think ???) and completely wild gardens ...

Gardens that can be too wild and therefore inconceivable for many people ... the islets are certainly a little more ...
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by VetusLignum » 05/07/19, 10:25

https://www.jardins-du-nord.fr/viewtopi ... =95&t=3824
this link gives you pages and pages of photos of insects and garden birds, likely to settle with the islets of wild life
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by izentrop » 20/08/19, 00:49

Biodiversity islands, vectors of soil fertility, troglasses from every angle ... Easy to do and maintain, we have everything to gain by reconnecting with these practices.
An interesting Arte documentary ...
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by izentrop » 28/08/19, 14:53

Boxwood covered with brambles more closely. Humm! its good : Wink:
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by Did67 » 28/08/19, 16:30

Oh cow: I have rarely seen such a production on blackberries!
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