lol I am amazed at how many of your faves there are considered invasive here i the USA. I know to double check, and appreciate your warning in the title for new folks. Love learning what y'all do.

@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton

15 күн бұрын

I love the fact that you still watched this, even though it may not have been relevant! I've had such wonderful support from you in the USA and I'm very grateful. I hope to visit a few areas real soon and help cater for our USA viewers - thanks so much for this, appreciated. Best wishes, Joel

@tgardenchicken1780

15 күн бұрын

@@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshtonkeep up the fantastic work

@carolannhook554

15 күн бұрын

It's always a good reminder that every plant is serving a purpose, though this video also reminds me that I need to pull the garlic mustard in my Minnesota garden

@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton

15 күн бұрын

@@carolannhook554 🤣 - I still hope to see your garden in real life....

@ppetal1

12 күн бұрын

I watch many botanical and permaculture programs from North America. I get so much from them even though they're often exotic to me. Especially the desert and prairie. It helps me understand evolution and how we need to stop destroying and adapt ecologically. Rain is the thing in the UK. Upland, mixed woodland will mitigate. Some farmers have complained about rewording, but they don't like losing multiple crops to flooding either. So I'm gratified for invasive warnings too. Also leaving in description mistakes makes me feel, somehow less inadequate.

Most Brassicas have lovely flowers. I let my cabbages and sprouts go to seed last Winter, last few days the bees and butterflies are feasting on the pretty scented yellow flowers.

I saw an orange tip butterfly for the very first time in my garden yesterday. Amazing. 😊

I have about half an acre of garlic mustard and love watching all the butterflies it attracts on a sunny day. It also attracts different types of hoverflies, snails, and craneflies. Really brings life to a green space.

Thank you for the great information on the garlic mustard, and the orange tip butterfly Joel😀🌼🦋

@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton

13 күн бұрын

You're very welcome Kim, I really appreciate your kind words and support, they do make a difference :) Best wishes, Joel

It’s absolutely amazing! Here in the southeast and Georgia/northcarolina.it’s nice to know some of the specific plants to plant to make a benefit. We appreciate you including the USA in your discussions. 🦋 Dr. Doug Tallamy is a great resource. Thank you.

I’m so pleased your video appeared in my KZread feed yesterday (29 April) - I thought the plants with white flowers you were describing looked familiar - I had recently discovered a small stand of these tall plants in amongst some ferns tucked away at the back of my little garden but actually had no idea what the plants were. Imagine my surprise at lunchtime today when a stunningly bright white Orange Tip literally landed on a rose bud in front of me! My garden is generally busy with butterflies in summer but this is the very first time I’ve seen this butterfly - ever! Thank you for your wonderfully informative videos!

@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton

13 күн бұрын

I bet you're not as pleased as I am Doris! Your message has absolutely made my day. If you're new to the channel then you'll gradually learn that the Orange Tip is my favourite butterfly of all time, a sure sign that spring is upon us. Knowing that you have not only saved some vital food source for them but that you were rewarded with a visit today is just great. I wish I could say I sent it, but it's the plant you have that ensured it visited you today and I couldn't be more happy! Very best wishes, and thanks ever so much for this - Joel

There so much garlic mustard out this year. See it everywhere this weekend

@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton

15 күн бұрын

I though that too, it was so great to be able to get so much extra footage, seemed to be everywhere that I drove :)

The seeds also provide the "mustard" side of the plant's name with a moderate mustard taste.

I knew about it being a larval food plant for the orange tip, but not the other whites. Thank you, Joel.

@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton

15 күн бұрын

You're welcome Mark, very welcome. You're not alone, I think everyone immediately associates it with the OT but I've been planting brassica species in my herbaceous borders out the front for the poor neglected White butterflies - fingers crossed they find me as I really have noticed a drop in abundance over the last few years. Best wishes, Joel

I have learnt so much from you Joel over the years I really appreciate all the information you share. I love these vlogs thank you so much 🪴xx

Can’t agree more! Love garlic mustard and orange tips. Both found along my butterfly transect and encouraged and loved in my garden and allotment ❤

🥰 the beautiful 😍 garden 🪴 with all those magnificent looking butterflies 🦋

@eileenpritchard9154

13 күн бұрын

Absolutely wonderful,love the butterfly's.🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Hi Joel, I looked behind my allotment shed yesterday & there's a big clump of garlic mustard flowering. Thanks to watching your vids over the years I recognised it & left it otherwise I'd of yanked it out & thrown it on the compost so thanks for the info!

@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton

14 күн бұрын

Comments like yours Steve make these videos so very worthwhile, I am absolutely chuffed that you've recognised it and saved it. I can't wait to hear about the rewards in butterflies and other insects, all for less work! Thanks ever so much for this - best wishes, Joel

Lovely to hear the skylark singing in the background amongst the other song birds.

Just love ❤️ these videos and learning lots . Thankyou so much !

@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton

15 күн бұрын

I love that you love them Rebecca! I really appreciate this, it's what the channel was all about - 20 years' experience of creating habitat and during lockdown in 2020 I thought it was the best time to capture "traditional" gardeners and try to show them that wildlife friendly gardens don't have to be messy, and are a lot less work for a lot more reward :) Hope you've had a good weekend, best wishes - Joel

So glad this video arrived in my feed as was looking at one this week that had come up and flowered in a shady spot in our garden. I was considering pulling it up, it’s staying!

@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton

8 күн бұрын

Yes! Your message demonstrates exactly why I started the channel, and I'm really grateful - hope you see some Orange Tips etc real soon - very best wishes, and thank you - Joel

@analogueanorak1904

8 күн бұрын

@@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton hoping to see some orange eggs too

@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton

8 күн бұрын

@@analogueanorak1904 You will, if not this year they will find you next year - such a vital plant for them and I'm hoping that year on year more people will be seeing them. Thanks for leaving it, and keep your eye on the stems etc - let me know! Very best wishes, Joel

I'm so glad I saw your video, I've got loads of this growing in my hedge along the roadside I was going to pull it out this week, won't be doing that now. I remember frequently seeing Orange Tips last year. 😊

@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton

15 күн бұрын

I'm glad you saw the video too Claire! Seriously, that's so good to read, and you will see many more this year - so many rewards for doing nothing :) Best wishes, Joel

@claireangier3322

13 күн бұрын

@@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton Lovely warm, sunny day here in Surrey just saw my first Orange Tip of the year. ❤

I have garlic mustard plants 5:30 appear in one of my plant tubs and its in flower which is great just outside my bedroom window I bought some seeds which i hope to germinate for our plant sale next month ive only seen male Orange tips locally so far Keep up the great work m8

@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton

15 күн бұрын

Thanks Kevin, great place to situate them too in the tub. They're pretty easy to germinate. The OTs will find you :)

Got those flowers in my garden. This year, I have decided to leave half of my garden to wildlife. Mrs keeps her half for flowers so only most of veg will not be grown this year. Tescos will be getting our money this summer. Oh well, I suppose Mr Tesco needs the money.

@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton

15 күн бұрын

Haha! Glad you have this already, and it's good to share the garden (!) - hope you've both had a great weekend, best wishes - Joel

Very pretty wildflower, one of my fave's for a shady spot 🤗

@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton

15 күн бұрын

I knew you'd have these! Hope you've had a great weekend, best wishes - Joel

My garden is full of this at the moment and very welcome it is too. Now it would be nice to see some sun.

Growing well in my garden Joel. A great larvel food sauce indeed. Hoping the warmth as the week goes on we will see butterflies only seen a single male yet. And check before pulling as I never saw any Orange tip last year in the garden, yet there were Orange tip caterpillars when I checked the plants over.

@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton

15 күн бұрын

I knew you'd have this Tracey, such an overlooked little plant but so vital for so much. Hope you've had a wonderful weekend - best wishes, Joel

Thanks so much for this video! I get a lot of this in my back garden and I didn't realise how important it is! I'll leave more of it. I did notice a white butterfly today, and I have both this plant and nettles that I've left more of this year. 😊

@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton

15 күн бұрын

Fantastic! This is EXACTLY why I make these videos, if people have all the info there then they can help the wildlife too, and I'm really grateful for you letting me know this was helpful. Thanks so much for doing what you're doing, you will be rewarded, I promise :)

@frealafgb

15 күн бұрын

@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton I will admit in the past I pulled a lot up, because there's just so much of it! I didn't realise how valuable it was. I never managed to get all of it, so hopefully wasn't too bad... my garden seems to get taken over with certain plants, some are amazing and some aren't my favourite... the one that takes over most I think is called green alkanet? Bees love it, pretty flowers, horrible itchy scratchy nasty leaves!! I leave a lot just because it's so hard to deal with, so my bees are happy.

@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton

15 күн бұрын

@@frealafgb 🤣🥰 I loved reading this! That's what wildlife gardening is about, and I love that this channel is helping to explain - you've done nothing wrong, even if it's because some of the plants wouldn't let you 🤣

@frealafgb

14 күн бұрын

​@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton today I saw an orange tip in the back garden, and it was with a white butterfly, so I assume they are a pair. ❤

Hey Joel! I have a patch of this in the garden but only recently found out that you can eat the leaves. Apparently they're great in salads! Wonderful plant.

@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton

15 күн бұрын

Hello! Yes, I must confess I've not ventured to the salad stage yet - you know me, the more garlic mustard the more Orange Tips (hopefully!) - hope you and yours have had a good weekend, best wishes - Joel

@SisterDogmata

15 күн бұрын

@@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton 🤣🤣

@ThePawsOfDeception

14 күн бұрын

Good for making pesto with too.

@andrewthompson5745

14 күн бұрын

@@ThePawsOfDeception Beat me to it!

@SisterDogmata

14 күн бұрын

@@ThePawsOfDeception I didn't know that. I'll have to grow some for eating as well as leaving some for the butterflies!

Seems like to be a caterpillar eating garlic mustard, you'd have to be a specialist in tolerating glucosinolates (and maybe bioaccumulating them to discourage predation). Not sure if you're familiar with the work of Doug Tallamy from the eastern US (his book is pretty well known here now, called "Bringing Nature Home"), he studies lepidoptera and his research has suggested that native woody plants ten to host the most caterpillar species, rather than herbaceous plants - Oaks, cherry, willow birches/alder & poplars hosting the most from what he's found in the US (I wonder what it is in the UK?) -- but a lot of those species are moths so they might not be as noticeable.

Despite growing up in a small village in the 1970s and having meadows as my playground I can't seem to remember this plant but I had noticed it popping up near our house this year and there's loads of it now so thank you Joel for the information. I'll be buying some now if its still available and lots of other wildflowers for my front garden as I'm getting rid of the lawn. Can't wait! 😊

@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton

15 күн бұрын

Hi Charlotte - we have this available in 10 x plugs so you can dot it around the garden - we will have the 9cm pots available soon but the plugs are a good way of getting more plants :) wildyourgarden.com/product/garlic-mustard/ Yes, it's more likely to be seen under hedgerows and on the roadside, ignored by many people I think and yet so vital for the butterflies and their caterpillars. Hope you've had a great weekend, best wishes - Joel

@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton

15 күн бұрын

PS - I should have mentioned that all the wildflowers at www.wildyourgarden.com are from the very same specialist growers that I've used for circa 20 years now in my own projects - none shipped in in bulk from abroad, and all grown in the UK by growers who care as much as we do :)

@charlotteharris6582

15 күн бұрын

@@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton Oh right thank you Joel. I'll go on your website and get my plug plants. I got pond plants from you last year and they are looking good. Take care 🙂

@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton

15 күн бұрын

@@charlotteharris6582 Great to hear this Charlotte, the pond plants are from the same specialist that I use too - I really appreciate you supporting this small family business and helping it to grow, and reach other people. Best wishes, Joel

I have as you know Joel, this growing in my garden, on the north side of my hedge. Also I saw my first ever male and female orange tips in my garden last year, but none so far but plenty of garlic mustard growing. Last week I went on a public footpath walk from Brookmans park to Potters Bar and was full of garlic mustard growing and I did see a couple of male orange tips. Thank you for sharing Joel, and because of you I’ve learnt about this wonderful plant and butterfly. Keep up the good work Joel 👌😊

I'm a big fan and made a point of planting it in my garden though I have nowhere near as much as that!

@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton

14 күн бұрын

You might do soon! ha! But it's easily manageable, just do check it before pulling it if it gets to that stage and I hope you get some OTs and other insects adorning it real soon. Best wishes, Joel

Sent pictures of the pond! Really grateful for all the help!

@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton

14 күн бұрын

Great! You're so very welcome Jimmy. Out on site at the moment having a cup of tea (you know us Brits can't work without it!) but when I'm back home later this evening I will take a look - can't wait! Best wishes, Joel

@Jimmyandtony

14 күн бұрын

@@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton Good luck on the site! Everybody enjoys a good cup of tea! 😂 All the best

Yes, I have it in my garden. Identified it just now 😊. I liked it and allowed it to grow in my garden because of the natural feel it gave, growing in that shady part of the border. Seen no eggs yet but the weather has only got better since yesterday so who knows, maybe an orangetip will visit..they have before! Best wishes!

Full of it here in our garden in Belgium, even in some less shady spots. After clearing a chunk of my neighbour's back of the garden of bramble and ash shoots, it started appearing everywhere every year. Loved it even before discovering what it was.

@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton

15 күн бұрын

How wonderful, and so good to read this :) I'm so glad it has pride of place in your garden and the neighbour's too - best wishes, and thanks - Joel

I let it, Scrophularia nodosa, and Chelidonium majus grow under my grapevine row. Looks great! And keeps the grass in check.

@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton

15 күн бұрын

Great plants, and so glad you have this one already too :)

I’ve learnt something from your video, I didn’t realise other whites used Garlic mustard. I have tried growing it in a shady corner but it doesn’t seem to have come back this year, luckily my Honesty is doing really well .Also, I’ve not seen any Orange Tips yet, this cold spell hasn’t helped. Hopefully my week off coming up will give me the opportunity to see them.

@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton

15 күн бұрын

So glad Keith, to be honest I don't think that many people are aware, this plant is often over-looked but it looks great in a border and can be easily managed. Remember though that it's a biennial so it won't flower the first year, flower the second and then give off seeds to start all over again - we do have the plugs in stock at www.wildyourgarden.com if you wanted some this year too, it helps when ensuring they appear each year - I do this with foxgloves and honesty. Hope this helps - best wishes, Joel

I have let this grow in my garden and yes I have orange tip butterflies which I’m watching right now

@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton

13 күн бұрын

Yes!! That's what I like to hear, I am so pleased for this butterfly, time to champion our poor Whites next, hated by gardeners for so long. Not sure if you have seen my front garden video from a few days ago but I have specifically planted brassicas for them, in the herbaceous border - controversial! ha :) Best wishes, Joel

@ritahobbs5256

12 күн бұрын

@@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton I have… I allow wild flowers up the allotment too… and I cover with fine mesh but do leave a couple sacrificial plants out and leave to flower in spring when little else blooming 👍🏻

garlic mustard has spread really quickly throughout my garden over the last couple of years - and the Orange Tips are loving it.

@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton

13 күн бұрын

So good to hear this Ben, this is great - it can be managed in gardens, and as you know already, it's so vital for these butterflies and I'm glad you are rewarded with them :)

@bengreen171

13 күн бұрын

@@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton cheers - it's been really interesting watching the succession of plants across my garden. The garlic mustard just appeared a couple of years ago and quickly colonised our hedge, and has now jumped across our 'meadow' area to carpet the shade under two old apple trees - supplanting the cow parsley that has been there for years. I've had trouble with a rather aggressive rye grass sp so it's nice to see an 'invasion' of something more conducive to both the aesthetic and ecological aspects of the garden.

hi Joel I have had 2 in my garden in the last few days!

@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton

14 күн бұрын

Brilliant! Great news, if you haven't guessed already I'm rather keen for people to see more and more of these beautiful butterflies and your garden is clearly working! Well done - best wishes, Joel

Wonderful video, thank you🌻 This place is divine, definitely a piece of heaven on earth. And the pond is going to look out of this world among all of that surrounding beauty. And all of the extra wildlife that will arrive is a magnificent thought. I love this gorgeous plant, its so underrated. It looks stunning, especially dancing along the hedgerows. And i'm loving the beautiful butterflies dressed in their spectacular outfits. Awww and those cute little caterpillars. A truly lovely host plant. And i'm so excited that I have a selection plants on order from WYG online shop. Can't wait to see them and love them🥰

I said in the last comment on your video on No Mow May that I had left a boarder around the garden for two years now untouched. this year I have a good 10 nice sized flowering GarlicMustard, I had no idea what they were until this video so thanks. its amazing how many plants come up once you stop mowing.

@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton

14 күн бұрын

Thanks so much for this Lee - I am so encouraged by people's reaction to the No Mow May, and this video, I must admit I expected more of a backlash but hearing people's experiences and the rewards by just leaving areas in the garden is great. I'm so grateful for you sharing how rewarding this can be, aside from all the creatures that will be attracted and benefit from it. Very best wishes, Joel

Love garlic so I’ll have to try those in my next salad 😉

What a wonderful location their Joel, spring sunshine, bird song and lush new growth as nature rebirths. I now have Garlic Mustard establishing itself in my hedge bottom...cue the giggles 🤣. Another one of nature's superstars and like you say the leaves taste lovely and compliment nettle leaves (after steeping) well in a wild salad . 🙏😊👍

Lots in my front garden and hedge. I get the orange tip too.

I have loads of this that grows wild on the edge of my private driveway, it’s quite a long driveway as I’m in a rural area. My driveway’s bursting with cow parsley and hemlocks about to do their thing too! They really will grow anywhere these plants, voraciously! I generally let them do what they like, I just snip the odd bit flopping too far over the actual road! 👍🏻

Thanks

@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton

15 күн бұрын

Kevin, thanks so much again, I really do appreciate it.

My postage size garden was fully occupied with the garlic mustard seedlings. Leaving no room for anything else. I’ve now removed them but they’re sill growing against the fence area. Oh boy, have I got a great salad to munch!

@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton

13 күн бұрын

Haha! Good for you though, I do hope you get to see some Orange Tips, who will be very grateful that you still have some - best wishes, Joel

@maryhairy1

13 күн бұрын

The sun was here in Norwich yesterday but I didn’t see any orange tips🙁

I live on a site which was an old granary surrounded by fields. I have a two hundred year old wall separate to my house. The wall has an aperture at its base about 45cm by 45cm and depth about 60cm. I have a climbing hydrangea growing up the wall and garlic mustard in the aperture of the wall. The two together look amazing.

Love the channel!!! Not a fan on 'shorts' myself mind. All the best.

The way to tell the difference between the female orange tip and the small white (a brassicas pest) is the mottled green underwings of both the male & female orange tip

i was glad to find some of this in my garden! didn't realise about it being such a good larval foodsource i call it hedge garlic but garlic mustard says it better i think!

@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton

14 күн бұрын

Brilliant! So good to read this - so many of our native plants are overlooked and I'll be doing more videos on these individual species, so glad you got to see this and now you can look forward to many grateful insects and an Orange Tip or two! Many thanks - best wishes, Joel

Just brought some from a wildflower Nursery, cant wait to see the butterflies and caterpillars it attracts..

@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton

15 күн бұрын

So glad there will be some in your garden. For anyone else looking to add this vital wildflower, we have 10 x plugs available with 9cm pots to follow shortly: wildyourgarden.com/product/garlic-mustard/ Let me know when you get some visitors Lynne :)

I look forward to your videos Joel, I’m always learning something, would love to get some shots of the orange tip, they are so quick. Interesting to learn how the butterflies lay their eggs

@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton

14 күн бұрын

Hi Amir, they really are but persevere and you will get some, the males are easier to determine of course but they will come to garlic mustard for sure. I'm so glad this has been helpful, and I'm really grateful for all your support and encouragement - have a wonderful week!

Yes, I am in the US and yes, I have so much garlic mustard! I just love the smell, but it does take over the yard.

Nice video Joel as always,need some of that sun more often, going to get myself some of this from your shop and see if i get any orange tips👍

@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton

14 күн бұрын

Thanks Andy, I really appreciate this - it's available in 10 x plugs at the moment, the 9cm will follow but you will certainly get more with the plugs and be able to dot it around the garden, the OTs will find you... and be very grateful! Let me know when you see one - best wishes, and thanks for supporting this little business and helping it to grow. Joel

Your the man that learned me about this Amazing wild Flower many years ago joel and I’m so glad your letting all your viewers know about this Amazing plant and how it’s the host plant for our beautiful Orangetip butterfly ❤🐸💚🐸

This grows wild all over where I live.

I spotted an orange tip butterfly in our garden this week

@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton

15 күн бұрын

Brilliant news, Simon! Hoping to get to you tomorrow pm. Will drop you a line during the day 😊👍

Joel i wonder if my orange tips land on my euphorbia plants because they look like the basal rosette of the garlic mustard, as they never mention euphorbia as being a plant they are attracted to, i would be interested in your thoughts on this, they do look so beautiful on the acid green though. Thanks for this useful video, very interesting 🙂

I am hopeless . I thought that plant was ‘honesty, . Plus my friend said loosestrife was called jack in the hedge. I need to get a book on these plants.

What’s your view on fox and cubs plants? I’ve got them in clients gardens and tend to leave small groups around but I do find it freely seeds about. What wildlife enjoys fox and cubs apart from bees?

@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton

10 күн бұрын

I love Fox and Cubs, but then I guess I love all wildflowers for their different "uses". One or two species of butterflies may use them, but they do look spectacular in a lawn and lots of insects will benefit from them too - best wishes, have a great weekend - Joel

Saw a massive lime hawk moth yesterday. Does anyone know if they're common as I don't think I've seen one before

Is it true that the butterflies will only lay their eggs on the plants in sunny spots? Mine are mainly in shade

No room in our shady patch as all taken over by Coralroot bittercress 😅 beautiful plant but spreads itself very profusely!

It’s funny cause I rip it out whenever I see it. In the US

@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton

15 күн бұрын

Yes, unfortunately classed as invasive there, but there are lots of different larval food plants for many caterpillars that are suitable in USA :)

😻

Joel I’ve recently moved and my back garden is a complete blank canvas. Need help. How much do you charge to fill it with wildlife friendly trees and shrubs?

@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton

12 күн бұрын

Hi there, feel free to drop me a line at enquiries@hazelwoodlandscapes.com - I can offer onsite consultations, designs and of course the installation - a complete service and nothing is outsourced, it's me and my team from beginning to end. I travel the whole of the UK too, hope to hear from you soon, no obligation at any stage. Best wishes, Joel

Someone gave me a pack of mixed wildlife seeds some years ago. I didn't know what it was called but it has spread nearly all.over my garden, so a bit of a nuisance. I knew it was a food plant for butterflies but sadly I rarely see them. It is a bit invasive but if it does bring in more butterflies I shall leave it well alone.

Unfortunatelly the butterflies in my garden don't eat or lay eggs on them. I specially made a patch, few years now, and I don't see them eating nectar or caterpilars. But what they do love is the lunaria annua. But those get easily mildew in summer, and the caterpilars won't survive. So I'm in conflict, what to do.

@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton

13 күн бұрын

Oh they do love Honesty (don't we all!) for sure, and they will occasionally (I think out of desperation) lay eggs on Honesty but the caterpillars rarely survive, not because of the mildew but the plant isn't really a food source. If they have Wild Garlic nearby they should be using that for sure, do keep some and see. I really hope you get to see some Jean - best wishes, Joel

Over in the USA, we got tons of it. Want some? Free for taking.

@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton

14 күн бұрын

On my way! It does pretty well here and in a garden it's easily managed, but I know that it's considered invasive where you are :) Best wishes, Joel

I would like to sit on the field like that, but I'm sure if I sit there like you, ants are going to bite me😅, I always get that here, seems ants like me so much haha

@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton

14 күн бұрын

I would be careful too, I think you have the Weaver Ants in Vietnam, although probably not a great number in HCMC of course! When in Panama I was unfortunate in becoming too close to some Army Ants and didn't realise until I had really annoyed them - they certainly didn't like me!

@thaojuli

14 күн бұрын

@@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton oops, so they attacked you?

@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton

14 күн бұрын

@@thaojuli Oh yes! I won't be forgetting that in a hurry!

@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton

14 күн бұрын

If we had them in the UK I wouldn't be sitting in this field either, I'd be on a step-ladder!

@thaojuli

14 күн бұрын

@@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton yes, be careful with that kind of ant. Which kind of ant in UK have? They are nice and not attack?

when will your video come up about the restoration of a natural pond ?

@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton

15 күн бұрын

That's been up a while Lianne, but travelling the country means that until now I've not been able to do update filming on it but - here's the restoration: kzread.info/dash/bejne/h42s2cyxqrDKk9o.html and here's a sneak preview of how it looks now - with these two wonderful visitors making it a home: kzread.info8U9_B4AyG1M?si=YTA4bEtW9FRL0t4J 🥰

@liannesim9558

15 күн бұрын

@@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton thanks, I understood you were restoring a natural pond, but I see this one also had and has a liner. I have a huge natural pond here which I am looking to restore, but I do not want a liner.

@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton

14 күн бұрын

@@liannesim9558 Ah, I see. The ponds I create are as natural as possible, but with new ponds they will need lining, even with bentonite for much larger ones - but none of them have artificial filtration/pumps etc and are as natural as viable. Of course I'm unsure if the pond you have is an "ancient" pond, drops levels in summer like those found on farmland etc/dewponds or whether it's just become clogged by leaves and other vegetation over time. I can undertake restoration of these if required, I have all my own machinery - enquiries@wildyourgarden.com.

@liannesim9558

14 күн бұрын

@@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton I have a natural pond, but it is huge ( about 30 x 15 meters). It does drop water in the summer and fills up again in autumn, but it is never empty. As it is already here for decades I don't want to put a liner in, but I am looking to restore it as indeed, the trees close by did become bigger too and I do have leaves dropping in. And there aren't many plants around. I am in The Netherlands though, not sure if you could restore it here too ?

@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton

14 күн бұрын

@@liannesim9558 Hi Lianne, thanks so much, now I understand. I've travelled to Panama to make a pond in the jungle for a client, so Netherlands would be slightly easier! But please do drop me a line with some photos and I'm happy to look at it and make suggestions and, if needed, I am happy also to travel. If you wanted to send some photos to me at the landscaping address it is enquiries@hazelwoodlandscapes.com - no obligation, but I'd love to help, even if remotely. Best wishes, Joel

Please consider: You really must deepen your knowledge base. While the great majority of plants developed the strategy of cooperating with the soil biology in order to thrive, brassicas did not. This meant that they missed out on a huge advantage, and needed to develope alternate strategies. The path chosen by Garlic Mustard was entirely destructive - alleleopathy, ie. Killing the competition. GM doses the soil with an exudate that strongly limits the germination of seeds, while also acting as a fungicide (further limiting germination). This chemical, also in the body of the plant, builds up over time as the GM grows and dies back, persisting for years in the soil. In particular, GM is harmful to trees, limiting both growth and lifespan. This pattern can be intuited through observation. GM forms patches in which all other plants are severely repressed (GM-only - exactly as in the scene behind you in this video), and, in areas where it is prevalent, it is also typically the first plant to colonize dead wood/tree stumps and anaerobic decomposition of leaves. GM can be considered the number one natural (non-human) enemy of soil biology and plant species diversity. Clearly, no element of nature should be eradicated, but by encouraging viewers to sow/nurture GM you are working directly against your own aims. Instead, you could encourage viewers to maintain small patches in shaded areas near hedgerows, but not around larger/slower growing trees, and not in areas in which diversity is valued.

I have a "lot" (150m² maybe, idk) of this in my garden in the forest part, under hornbeams and oaks But I'm a little bit concerned about it as it's proven the plant is harmful to mycorrhizal fungi (my land is touching a Robinia pseudoacacia small forest, not very good for fungi neither). I fear it prevents my trees for establishing useful connections in the context of climate change. My soil is predominantly bacterial and releases a lot of nitrogen as far as I can see from what's thriving on it.

Can fish be in a wildlife pond

@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton

14 күн бұрын

Hi Paul, they can....*but*... when you see Koi ponds they necessarily need expensive filtration systems/pumps etc to combat the fish "waste" and stop the water from becoming murky. The reason my ponds don't have any filtration other than via natural means is because so much pond life can be lost through these systems. Of course, it goes without saying that fish will eat eggs, larvae of insects, frogspawn, tadpoles and a huge array of pond life. You can have smaller *native* fish in a larger garden pond, but they still have some detriment to the other pond life. I hope that this helps, best wishes - Joel

@paulp1802

14 күн бұрын

@@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton it does help, I’ll leave it to just the wildlife, which is my original intention. Love your vids. I found a toad moved in yesterday.

@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton

14 күн бұрын

@@paulp1802 Thanks Paul, welcome to the channel - I promise the pond will continue to reward you but the toad shows that your garden is working already - there will be much more wildlife to come - best wishes, Joel