The Garden Jungle: or Gardening to Save the Planet

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Elk onderwerp/hoofdstuk is even boeiend; van de mieren die ‘wandelende honingbommen’ zijn, over de oorwormen ‘die in groepjes rondhangen als tieners op voorjaarsvakantie’, tot volkstuintjes die de wereld gaan redden. Echt. Zijn idee daarover is zo geweldig, het klinkt als een waterdicht plan en tevens als ‘het enige voordeel van de Brexit’. The Garden Jungle is a wonderful introduction to the hundreds of small creatures with whom we live cheek-by-jowl and of the myriad ways that we can encourage them to thrive. Yet the smug diplomat sounded particularly delusional about the implications of the war as it grinds on. While Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned of a greater war and at the same time expressed readiness for diplomacy, Borrell chose to dismiss any diplomatic solution for the time being. Instead, he threatened that the Russian army would be “annihilated” if Moscow were to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine, without any thought as to what that may mean to the survival of Europe.

Successful gardening very much relies upon you selecting the right plant for the right situation. Once your plants are well established, the majority should care for themselves with little more than a good mulch of organic material and feed in Autumn. So, what’s the solution? Then came the punch line: “The gardeners have to go to the jungle. Europeans have to be much more engaged with the rest of the world. Otherwise, the rest of the world will invade us, by different ways and means.”Europeans clearly suffer from a similar ailment. Borrell volunteers that: “The world needs Europe. My experience of travelling around the world is that people look at us as a beacon. Why [do] so many people come to Europe? Are there flows of illegal or irregular migrants going to Russia? Not many. No, they are coming to Europe but for good reasons." Plus ça change Wherever you are right now, the chances are that there are worms, woodlice, centipedes, flies, silverfish, wasps, beetles, mice, shrews and much, much more, quietly living within just a few paces of you. Dave Goulson gives us an insight into the fascinating and sometimes weird lives of these creatures, taking us burrowing into the compost heap, digging under the lawn and diving into the garden pond.

Some have misinterpreted the metaphor as 'colonial Euro-centrism'," Borrell wrote in a blog post on Tuesday evening. "I am sorry if some have felt offended." This book will teach you a great deal about the creatures who live right outside your door and are waiting for you to get to know them. It is a constant revelation." I have published over 200 scientific articles on the ecology of bees and other insects, and am author of Bumblebees: Behaviour, Ecology and Conservation (2010, Oxford University Press) and A Sting in the Tale (2013, Jonathan Cape), a popular science book about bumblebees. A Buzz in the Meadow (Jonathon Cape) is due to be published in September 2014. Easy-care evergreen pots to add interest and structure to your garden all year round. 10+ plant choices for evergreen trees, shrubs and grasses for pots. Jag menar inte att vi alla ska ta på tagelskjortan och leva på hemodlade rovor resten av våra dagar. Livet vore knappt värt att leva om vi inte kunde unna oss en bit morotskaka och en gojibärssmoothie innan vi köper lite djungelgurkfrön och en statyett av en miniatyrsamuraj på vårt lokala trädgårdscenter lite då och då, men vi bör alla vara medvetna om vad vi gör och om vår påverkan på planeten", skriver Dave Goulson i sin nya, inspirerande ode till trädgårdsmyllret.The Garden Jungle is at times an immensely serious book, exploring the environmental harm inadvertently done by gardeners who buy intensively reared plants in disposable plastic pots, sprayed with pesticides and grown in peat cut from the ground. Goulson argues that gardens could become places where we can reconnect with nature and rediscover where food comes from. Je blijft niet bij de pakken zitten. Integendeel: als je ook maar over een beetje potgrond beschikt, ga je anders naar de flora en fauna kijken, in het bijzonder dan naar het gekrieuwel. Ik hoop dat nog veel meer mensen dit boek gaan lezen, ook als ze niet tuinieren in potten of bakken, in een sier-, moes- of volkstuin. Ook als je geen groene vingers hebt, gaan je handen jeuken. Je denkt: hoe zal ik het ánders doen, béter, en waar zal ik eens beginnen? The Garden Jungle by Dave Goulson was just what I was looking for in a garden read as we start our garden this year in earnest. It was full of interesting knowledge about apples, earwigs, worms, bees, bug hotels, moths, aquatic insects, and more. I honestly never knew how beneficial earwigs are but have loved worms and ladybirds for most of my life. Palm trees, cordylines and ferns are planted close to Stephen’s house, creating a jungly feel. The palm is is Livistona australis, the most southern-growing palm (in the Southern hemisphere, this means the most tolerant of cool winters). People report it growing -quite slowly – if well sheltered in the UK. The Trachycarpus fortunei palm tree is considered more reliable in cool climates. Before he died, Christopher Lloyd started his last book, Exotic Planting for Adventurous Gardeners. It was finished by his friends, and is considered one of the best books on exotic gardens you’ll find.

He declared in 1914: “We are not a young people with an innocent record and a scanty inheritance... We have engrossed to ourselves an altogether disproportionate share of the wealth and traffic of the world. We have got all we want in territory, and our claim to be left in the unmolested enjoyment of vast and splendid possessions, mainly acquired by violence, largely maintained by force, often seems less reasonable to others than to us." I begrudge the second star but I did think the book was worth reading. Just don’t spend any money on it. I regret any royalties going to a Brexiteer. Like a top-notch wildlife documentary, The Garden Jungle draws us in with fascinating details of the natural world and, at the same time, delivers a wake-up call [...] I doubt that many will finish reading this important book without making a few changes to their gardening or way of life." I read about cecidomyiidae mosquitoes in this book. They lay eggs in aphids, the larvae eat themselves out and proceed to munch through up to sixty aphids a day. I found these larvae on two aphid infested plants a week ago. I’ve watched in fascination how the aphids were being eaten. There aren’t any left now.

They may look scary to create and maintain that is not the case. A jungle-style garden may be the perfect solution to those awkward areas in your garden where many traditional plants can’t survive. New gardeners are often surprised at the many different microclimates a garden can contain. You may have just a suitable space where exotic plants can thrive. Many jungle style plants thrive in the shade, and most gardens have difficult shady areas they struggle to utilise. Like a top-notch wildlife documentary, The Garden Jungle draws us in with fascinating details of the natural world and, at the same time, delivers a wake-up call... I doubt that many will finish reading this important book without making a few changes to their gardening or way of life. * Church Times * If we would all do an effort like this it would make an immense difference for the insects and the myriad of small creatures that live in a wild or semi-wild garden. I have been trying for three years now and have been rewarded by countless visits by bees and butterflies, the most visible of our new wildlife. I am still not there, but at least it is a good start and it makes me happy. Borrell believes that: "There is a big difference between Europe and the rest of the world – well, the rest of the world, understand me what I mean, no? - is that we have strong institutions. The big difference between developed and not developed is not the economy, it is institutions.”

Europe is a garden. We have built a garden. Everything works. It is the best combination of political freedom, economic prosperity and social cohesion that the humankind has been able to build – the three things together," Borrell said during the event. It seems that Europe’s own colonial and neocolonial institutions are not what made it possible to build the European "garden" - with the labour of immigrants from the “rest of the world” and with the stolen wealth of the "rest of the world". Rather, according to Borrell and the rest of Europe’s white supremacists, with the fantasised ingenuity of Europeans themselves.This book will teach you a great deal about the creatures who live right outside your door and are waiting for you to get to know them. It is a constant revelation. * Sunday Times * And you can find more of Stephen Ryan’s gardening advice in this post on clever ways to improve your garden. The increasingly institutionalised racism against Europe’s non-white peoples whether in Spain and Germany, Italy and France, Britain and the Netherlands, to name the most prominent examples, are clearly not sufficient to dissuade Borrell of the fictional version he has of Europe. I find Architectural Plants an inspiring nursery to visit. Plants and arrangements are beautifully presented. 7) Read the best books on exotic gardens How about ensuring you get the full jungle effect by making provisions for wildlife and erecting birdboxes around the garden, cited at 2 meters in height? Their songs will sound amazing in the jungle. Bat boxes are another good idea and should be placed facing north. How about cutting a section of the base of a fence out to create a wildlife corridor this may mean you get visitors such as hedgehogs. (3) Add a water feature