In this video I explain some simple methods to help wildlife in your garden this autumn.
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28 Comments
Hey Joel! Brave man being so close to all those wasps! We sadly had to destroy a wasp nest as one of the grandchildren is allergic to stings and there were hundreds of them! We're lucky to have a few greengage trees and the amount of beetles that live under them is amazing. They must feast on the fruit when it falls. We always leave a few to fall for them and the butterflies. Nice the sun shone on your birthday! Best wishes.
Happy Birthday, I am very inspired by your videos. Here in west of Ireland as a newcomer it has been a challenge, I so wanted to make a large wildlife garden. Have planted loads of butterfly plants and have had such a wonderful time watching them. The pond was dug by a very enthusiastic digger driver and I didn’t even get a chance to line it as the Irish rain beat me to filling it. Planting native hedgerow .,only been here 8 months so next year hopefully a good wildlife year here.
Wish I could do this. I have a pear tree (left by the previous owner, and I don't eat pears) and it would be easier and better to just leave the fruit. Unfortunatly my neighbour is terrified of mice and rats and already thinks I'm strange for all the ways I'm turning my blank canvas of a lawn into a more wildlife friendly space. I had signs of a mouse living in my garage at one point so can't afford to leave potential food out for them as I know they are in the area. I don't even compost my kitchen scraps for this reason. If they move I definatly will do this, but for now I need to keep the peace.
Enjoyed this video, lovely seeing the butterflies enjoying the fruit and the mention of the Q of S fritillary which I must do more homework on . Amazing it was still warm enough to sustain them this time of year too.
Great advice as always Joel! I definitely wouldn’t have say that close to those wasps! Flight reaction! Lol
Our two wild pear trees gift us with many jars of pear butter, but the fallen pears are the real treat. These fruits bring in the deer, ground hogs, chipmunks, birds, and pollinators galore. What is not gobbled up by the wild life, rots and feeds the living ground. In the spring something wonderful appears… Morel mushrooms. These gems only grow beneath our pear trees and are a testament that nature is truly amazing. 🍐🐝🍄
Hello Joe. Great post. I absolutely love wasps, although I do get to be stung a few times each year. They are absolutely fascinating creatures. They are great pest control for my cabbages and salad leaves.
I built and installed a hedgehog house a month ago. We already have a tenant. So pleased.
Great sight to see, especially this late into the year!
Happy birthday Joel what a great way to spend your birthday with Red admirals and Commas flitting about you. I was only stung by a wasp the other week, first since I was a child so not bad going in 60 yrs and I’m always amongst them in the garden they’re fascinating hunters. Great tip our apple tree drops many an apple found one buried by a squirrel the other day in one of my pots as I was planting bulbs. Food for mammals too.
Had a red admiral in my garden 4th November here in central Scotland.
Beautiful. I have no soil in the city but I'm growing loquats and will absolutely try a pear tree in a pot too. You also gave me the idea to leave some damaged fruit or pieces of fruit outside for the insects. There are also many birds coming now that may like it.
I don't kill wasps and sure, I've been stung a few times trying to save them from bad situations (ie, they're drowning in the pool desiring water but the pump comes on & the waves happen or they get lost in my hair and shirt because I must smell so damn sweet and they confuse me for the flowers I'm watering) but I guess I just figured they're here for a reason. That is very cool of you to tell us of their importance, despite even my horrifying incident of the two eating my butterfly in chrysalis that one time I made a mistake w/ clearing the old lemon balm. Lesson learned: I now just let nature, nature.
Just ❤️ this
That’s the most wasps I’ve seen this year, I don’t know why but there’s not been many in the garden and there’s loads of windfall apples. Hopefully the wasp population recovers next summer as they are much more beneficial than people think 🐝
Interesting, wasps, they look like one here in the states we call a bee. Our wasp are giant ugly black stare you down things, and I testify that they do HURT.
Great video Joel and a belated happy birthday 👍
Hi Joel. Lovey little video mate. I’ve kept my apple windfalls on the ground for this reason too this year. It’s amazing to see what visits the fallen apples 😊
Lovely work as usual.
Our apple tree has finally started really growing after not enjoying being replanted 8 years ago when we moved so this year was our first proper crop of apples. I love seeing what looks like a whole apple but on closer inspection is just the skin, with the middle all consumed.
My husband is often stung whereas I've only once been stung (by a bumble bee as I tried to save it from drowning). I wonder if it's skin type as I have very dry skin and he's more greasy! 😂
Hi Joel, I'd love to hear your thoughts on a common push back comment that I hear a lot here in the city when plans are proposed to leave things untidy/let things decay a bit in autumn/winter (in large shared apartments to neighbourhoods): which is that "that mess will attract rats and foxes".. in my mind, having predictors such as foxes about isn't necessarily a bad thing, being that we are all part of the food chain and it means there's enough food for predictors to sustain themselves.But I understand the rat issue and I have heard this comment in a few contexts now and it seems to stop plans in there tracks. There must be some way to balance this, would love to know your thoughts?
I compost our old fruit. Only been stung a couple of times, both my own fault. Happy with wasps in the garden, they eat the aphids of my roses. Enjoying your videos.
Hi Joel, happy birthday to you🥳🎂🍎
I have given your advice some thought and despite the price I would like to go for a (hybrid) crabapple tree in the future.
My husband-to-be commented earlier this year that he wants to have an apple tree in the front garden, after looking at the narrow row of apple trees of our neighbour.
I will inform him about my idea soon and what he likes, because he has to look at that tree every day to.
I love the cherry tree prunus family to, which where the blackthorn is a part of.
But sadly they suffer quickly from cherry leaf spot disease in our wet, windy, autumn climate.
I don't know how easy it is treatable and how easily it will come back, otherwise i would love to consider a prunus fruit/berry tree to.
My parents garden has a prunus serrulata, pink blossoming tree, which is suffering from it for years without treatment.
That tree made me fall in love with pink blossom trees and birds💗
Love the video! I dumpster dive at a local grocery store that throws out tons of fruit, vegs, etc that I get by to throw out for pollinators (also my worms). Great recycling if you don't have fruit or berry trees.
Hi Joel are leeches bad for my garden pond hope all is well
Gosh Joel you are a little oasis of peace and harmony in this crazy world! You will be cheered to hear the "grue" have been flying over in huge, beautiful, noisy skeins in our part of SW France It is such a heartwarming sight to behold
Thank you for uploading this video for us to share
Will plant a fruit tree belated Birthday greetings.
I was just looking for more information on leaving fruit, and all the sources I was able to find online said that leaving the fruit would attract pests which could damage the tree.
Is this just another old-fashioned gardening convention? I would think that fruiting tree should naturally be able to tolerate being surrounded by old fruit??
Anyway, thanks for sharing!