Staffordshire’s industrial past and wilder future!

If you’re looking for something to do on your spare Sunday afternoon, why not go and explore the fantastic landscapes and wildlife in your local area?

Keeping active, exploring landscapes, watching wildlife and promoting mental well-being are just some reasons to immerse yourself in nature. Not to mention just having time to enjoy being outdoors.

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Why you should be composting

Whether your interest lies in food growing, wildlife gardening or creating picture-perfect flower beds, composting could be your missing link.

Categorised as green or organic waste, our food scraps and garden cuttings are anything but rubbish! When allowed to recycle naturally, these become a great source of nutrients which will fertilize your garden and provide food and habitat for visiting wildlife.

Read on to find out why composting is not only good for the environment, but for our own mental and physical well-being too!

We have also enclosed a quick easy guide on how to get started with your composting bin.

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Connecting with nature from home

Nature has long been known to lift our mood and during the last year the power of nature to improve our spirits has never been more important. However, Coronavirus has delivered new mental challenges and at the same time lockdowns have meant the opportunities to immerse ourselves in the natural world have become scarce.

The need to provide adequate green space for nature and ourselves is something Wild Ideas continues to actively promote, but we can sit back on our sofas and let the wonders of modern technology bring nature direct to us.

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How to Make a Bug Hotel!

Produce the perfect stack of habitats in your own garden to attract useful and interesting invertebrates. And perhaps a hedgehog!

Chocolate mining bee (Andrena scotica ) – male

In the UK, an average garden is home to more than 2,000 species of insect. Many of these insects are useful to the hobbyist gardener, controlling those pesky bugs that can cause damage to our cherished plant life.

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