Just looked through the window and spotted a couple of leaves moving, mummy's back.
Yay, any update today ?
Just looked through the window and spotted a couple of leaves moving, mummy's back.
hi. it's to late in the nesting season to be doing this, ivy is a vital nesting site for quite a few bird species, and i'm sorry to say that you have inadvertently broken the law put into place to protect nesting birds. the fines have no ceiling, quite rightly so. it isn't promoted enough, so many people don't know about it.
no hedges etc should be cut in the nesting season unless surveyed by a professional. a bit big brother until you look at the plight of birds in this country.
it's a problem because of the tidy up brigade who want nature to be straight lines and under their control, (not for a moment suggesting that you are one of those) leave maintenance work till the late autumn when plants are starting to become dormant, if you trim or cut it now you will just get lots of new growth.
also the flowers of ivy are a great source of energy to many bees, butterfly's and the like. so let it flower
...Maybe that's the secret, not one garden but a joined up route of them ?