Hi there,
I wondered if the people out there could share their conservation ideas and actions here on the forum?
Maybe also nice to share ideas and inspire and motivate each other?
Here my actions:
(Me myself worked in Nature Conservation for 14 years, but that was professionaly)
My gardens at home:
When I started renting my house I began the process of creating a green area around my house.
In the front garden I removed 90% of the stones/street tiles. I did a very quick look at the soil type, the previous land use (also historic and ancient) and know what the water levels were. I planted a solitairy Oak tree, a native Holly bush a native Ash and a cultivated sweet Cherry tree (edible). The Cherry is a medium high breed.
When I return from a walk in the forest around some grasslands I tap my shoes against the house, so some native plants have come around my house, for instance celandine, violet and lathyrus.
In the back yard I also removed 90% of the tiles, I planted edible Apple, Oak, Bramble, edible Cherry, edible plum, Hornbeam, Holly. The fence is a natural one; privet and laurel. Pre precious tenants planted these.
We bought some chickens (also like homesteading) but the grass is non fertilezed and we dont use chemicals anywhere. So room for native plants.
The garden is a home to butterflies, some grasshoppers (not many), song birds, mice, stone marten, hedge hog and is visited by bats, butterflies, birds and several insects.
Lots of time I wanted to be away from the town/city noise, so after some enquiries in the local smal village, with some luck and one contact there, I managed to temporarily rent a 300m2 piece of land prevously unattended. It is situated next to fruit plantations, forest, village, vegetable garden, Horse grassland and a herb rich chalk grasland.
I started by mowing the stingy nettles and thistels. Never used chemical and suchs.
Now this area has a small natural shelter plus fireplace, fruit shrubs, some vegetables an a herb rich grassland (the plants came back after extensive mowing). I also planted trees there but unlickily I had to remove these.
This area is now tuned into my basecamp were I relax, carve wood, invite friends who also love nature and gather food.
Of course the garden is home to several mice, nesting song birds, and is visited by bats, owls, badger, fox, grashoppers etc and butterflies
One does not Always have to buy indigious plants and trees. Sometimes in the forest a little tree can be part of natural massive regenation so the particular tree will have no means of survival, unless dug out
. I also collect seeds of plants and reseed them.
So hope you liked this small contribution to counteract our loss of Forests, Green areas, nature sites and also have some mini rewilding ideas or projects.
I wondered if the people out there could share their conservation ideas and actions here on the forum?
Maybe also nice to share ideas and inspire and motivate each other?
Here my actions:
(Me myself worked in Nature Conservation for 14 years, but that was professionaly)
My gardens at home:
When I started renting my house I began the process of creating a green area around my house.
In the front garden I removed 90% of the stones/street tiles. I did a very quick look at the soil type, the previous land use (also historic and ancient) and know what the water levels were. I planted a solitairy Oak tree, a native Holly bush a native Ash and a cultivated sweet Cherry tree (edible). The Cherry is a medium high breed.
When I return from a walk in the forest around some grasslands I tap my shoes against the house, so some native plants have come around my house, for instance celandine, violet and lathyrus.
In the back yard I also removed 90% of the tiles, I planted edible Apple, Oak, Bramble, edible Cherry, edible plum, Hornbeam, Holly. The fence is a natural one; privet and laurel. Pre precious tenants planted these.
We bought some chickens (also like homesteading) but the grass is non fertilezed and we dont use chemicals anywhere. So room for native plants.
The garden is a home to butterflies, some grasshoppers (not many), song birds, mice, stone marten, hedge hog and is visited by bats, butterflies, birds and several insects.
Lots of time I wanted to be away from the town/city noise, so after some enquiries in the local smal village, with some luck and one contact there, I managed to temporarily rent a 300m2 piece of land prevously unattended. It is situated next to fruit plantations, forest, village, vegetable garden, Horse grassland and a herb rich chalk grasland.
I started by mowing the stingy nettles and thistels. Never used chemical and suchs.
Now this area has a small natural shelter plus fireplace, fruit shrubs, some vegetables an a herb rich grassland (the plants came back after extensive mowing). I also planted trees there but unlickily I had to remove these.
This area is now tuned into my basecamp were I relax, carve wood, invite friends who also love nature and gather food.
Of course the garden is home to several mice, nesting song birds, and is visited by bats, owls, badger, fox, grashoppers etc and butterflies
One does not Always have to buy indigious plants and trees. Sometimes in the forest a little tree can be part of natural massive regenation so the particular tree will have no means of survival, unless dug out
. I also collect seeds of plants and reseed them. So hope you liked this small contribution to counteract our loss of Forests, Green areas, nature sites and also have some mini rewilding ideas or projects
.
