Nature’s Larder
Sep 11, 2019
2 minutes
WORDS HAZEL SILLVER
During the autumn months, food sources for garden wildlife dwindle. Small tortoiseshell and peacock butterflies hibernate over winter, while some red admirals migrate south, and all need to build up energy reserves before undertaking their respective endeavours. You can help them by growing nectar-rich plants such as asters, giant hyssop and stonecrop.
Worker bees will be out foraging for pollen, and this can be provided by
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