Private gardens have considerable potential to support and enhance urban biodiversity. However, many garden owners have limited knowledge of biodivers…
  • Gsus4@mander.xyzOPEnglish
    1·
    5 days ago

    Feature Points (more details inside)

    Drinking aid 1

    Bird or bat nest box 1

    Vertical greening 1

    Open compost heap 2

    Dry wall (planted) 2

    Wild area 2

    Berry-bearing shrubs 3

    Brushwood/leaf pile 3

    Open areas (sand, mud) 3

    Deadwood 4

    Wild shrub hedge or group 4

    Wild perennial bed 4

    Pond 5

    Meadow, flower lawn or strip 5

    Trees 5

    (mean garden scores 21)

    PS: here is the actual index distribution:

    • dumples@piefed.socialEnglish
      2·
      2 days ago

      Here is what I got for my garden: Drinking aid 1 Dry wall (planted) 2 Wild area 2 Berry-bearing shrubs 3 Brushwood/leaf pile 3 Wild perennial bed 4 Trees 5

      So I got a total of 20. I am making a larger native planting in my front so I think that move me up to 25 moving above average. This is difficult to get above average

      • Gsus4@mander.xyzOPEnglish
        2·
        2 days ago

        I got a score of 19, so also pretty close to average, but aware of possible improvements :)

        • dumples@piefed.socialEnglish
          2·
          2 days ago

          I want some more details about some of these criteria. What makes open area? What about Brushwood/ leaf pile?

          I don’t clean my leaves until mid-50 and I am pretty bad about cleaning it in multiple parts.