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I couldn’t agree more with your article about bringing wildlife into your garden (Build a highway for a hedgehog! 33 ways to welcome more wildlife into your garden June 26). If all of us who own a garden or other outdoor space could do one or two things to encourage wildlife, it would make a huge impact. There is a difference between gardening for wildlife and restoring wildlife, and that is scale. I don’t have a big garden, so the planting has to earn its place. The trees that I planted bloom and bear fruit; I have three ponds, bird houses, and bee hotels; and I make sure I plant open flowers for pollinators. I was amazed at how quickly the wildlife came.
Elliot Lane
Brighouse, West Yorkshire
I live in Germany and have a garden that was a paradise for my daughter and her friends growing up. I can’t bear to impose a hierarchy of my own making on him, so I only subdue the real bullies, like earth elder and earth ivy. There are wild animals and I had to make a deal with voles. They can eat what they want after it blooms, not before. Once they have worked their way through the garden, the ground is perfect for replanting.
I gave up buying luxury things; we know what works and what wouldn’t last a night of slugs. I highly recommend listening to your garden and all its inhabitants.
Beth McFarland
Karlsruhe, Germany
I am doing almost everything suggested in your article. I compost, grow vegetables, have logs and a small pond. But I also have a large rat living in my shack, judging by the piles of rats they drop every morning. I plug all the holes, wash all the evidence, disinfect, etc., but he comes back every day (my worst nightmare is that he is pregnant). Nothing discourages him. Any thoughts on how to get rid of it?
Geraldine Blake
Worthing, West Sussex
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