The Plympton Community Magazine, January 2017

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Editor’s Note...

Happy New Year to all our readers and advertisers! Hopefully you’ve set yourself some great resolutions for 2017, now see how long you can stick to them!

This month is all about fresh starts and new beginnings, so why not focus on making your home a cosy retreat? Turn to page 14 to learn all about the Danish home trend, Hygge. It’s all about warmth and togetherness – there’s a reason the Danes are the happiest people in the world!

We’ve also been speaking with Austin Burn-Jones at Bowen Therapy Devon. This holistic treatment can help with various problems, including back pain, whiplash, frozen shoulder and migraines. Read more about it and his story on page 26.

Melissa

Now get some warm clothes on, make a cuppa and get cosy this January with our latest issue of Plympton Community Magazine!

Melissa Wylie - Editor

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January 2017

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SSI Electrical

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J.A.H. Electrical

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Time for Tea

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K9 Meals on Wheels

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Russells Flooring

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Mayer Estate Agents

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Tech Surveys

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Bowen in Devon

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H.M. Williams Accountants

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Time For Tea

We are a nation of tea lovers. In fact, 165 million cups of tea are consumed daily across the U.K, making Britain the number one tea drinking nation behind Ireland. But aside from it being a refreshing pick me up, there are many great health benefits when it comes to brewing a cup of tea that you may not know about.

English Breakfast Tea

Berry Tea

One of the most favoured brews across the nation, English breakfast tea not only tastes great but can also make you feel great too thanks to its variety of health benefits. Due to its antioxidant content, English breakfast tea has been shown to aid in reducing the risk of overall heart disease. It can also lead to increased mental stimulation and combat dehydration, providing you with energy throughout the entire day.

Berry teas are both an effective and delicious way of boosting your health and wellbeing. For example, raspberry tea contains high levels of vitamins and other nutrients that can help to reduce inflammation and pain associated with arthritis. Blueberry tea can aid in clearing toxins from the body as well as being a tasty caffeine-free way of meeting your daily water needs and preventing dehydration.

Camomile Tea

Liquorice Tea

Camomile meaning ‘ground apple’ offers numerous health-boosting benefits. The sweet and flowery tasting tea has been has been used as a solution to treat insomnia for centuries. It can provide you with the perfect night’s sleep by soothing the nervous system, helping you to fall asleep quicker.

A sweet cup of liquorice tea is filled with a number of antioxidants and beneficial properties. Not only can the flavoursome beverage help soothe the digestive tract but it is also a perfect remedy to help fight a winter cold. It has expectorant qualities that clear congestion, reducing that tickly cough!

Peppermint Tea

Chai Tea

As well as being delicious, peppermint tea is jam packed full of a range of benefits to help improve your overall health. The refreshing beverage can help to reduce pain, relax the body and mind, aid in weight loss and improve your immune system.

It is also regarded as a carminative, meaning that it improves digestive health by reducing bloating, cramping and nausea. Drinking peppermint tea before bed has also been proven to give you a more restful night’s sleep.

A famous Indian blend, Chai tea stands out for combining black tea, milk, spices (cinnamon, cloves, pepper and ginger) and sweeteners. Besides it’s great taste, Chai tea is full of benefits that can lead you to a healthier life. For starters, it’s a great drink to help combat digestion problems and is also an effective way to take care of your heart and lower blood pressure. Additionally, the minute you feel a cold coming on, brew a cup of Chai tea to ease a sore throat and reduce a fever.

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BUSINESS PROFILE This month we interviewed the owner Tech Surveys, headed by Plymouth-born, Mick Quick.

Mick carries out Energy Performance Certificates and Legionella risk assessments. This is not a path he chose but he thoroughly loves his work.

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hen Mick was 17 he had tendencies to hang out with the wrong crowd, and at the time his future could have taken a very different path to where he has ended up today. That is until his Dad stood in front of him and gave him three choices: Army, Air Force or Marines. As reluctant as Mike was he chose the first option and joined the army as an engineer in 1992. However in the year 2000 after 8 and a half years of service, Mick was discharged due to the stress of being under a huge amount of pressure having to run the stores on base and being constantly audited.

After Mick’s discharge the first thing he did was spend some quality time with his wife, Jasmine. The pair have known each other since they were children as they were family friends for many years. The couple got married in 2001, bought their first home and had their son, Michael.

When Mick came out of the army he found it particularly difficult to transition back into civilian life. He found it extremely hard trying to convince a civilian employer that the skills he’d gained in the military could be transferred.

This was a challenging time for Mick so he decided to start working in various entry level roles to build up his experience before landing a job in Plumbase where he stayed for a couple of years.

Jasmine & Mick Quick

In 2004, Mick left Plumbase as he was keen to progress and earn more money as their daughter Lilli had just been born. He went on to do some agency driving work which lasted for four years, and in an effort to earn more money for their growing family, Jasmine started working nights and the kids would go to pre-school in the daytime. They then decided to move into a new, larger property in 2006.

Three years later, Mick became a Transport Manager at a local Builders Merchants. To help him with getting to and from work, Mick decided to buy a moped which turned out to be the demise of his career. One morning in 2010, on his way to work Mick was involved in an accident and was knocked off the bike and sustained a knee injury. Mick pushed the broken moped home and the knee swelling prompted Jasmine to take him to hospital, and following an operation, Jasmine was forced to leave work to look after the children.

Mick was advised by his Doctor to stay home from work for three months, but his employer couldn’t accommodate this. “I had no choice but to go back to work,” Mick explains.” I had to keep a knee brace on and had to lower my hours because I was in so much pain. I couldn’t drive HGVs anymore. I could tell that my boss wasn’t happy, and after a long dispute I had to leave.”

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- TECH SURVEYS The family then began to struggle. Mick was trying to find another job, and it was at this time that Jasmine became very ill. After many tests in hospital, in 2011 she was diagnosed with ME and fibromyalgia, which is a chronic pain condition. The couple lost their caravan holiday home and had to sell everything they could to support the family.

Things took a turn for the better when in 2012, Mick’s brother, Ben, set up his own plumbing and heating business which focused on renewable and eco-energy.

However, homes they were working on needed to have EPC’s (Energy Performance Certificates) carried out.

Ben approached Mick and offered to put him on a training course so that he could carry out this part of the business.

Mick was busy conducting EPC’s, often working six days a week, and this continued for year and a half. Because of the way his brother’s company worked in regards to eco-energy, Ben later discovered that he needed an independent company that he could trust to monitor their work and conduct EPC’s. Tech Surveys was born, and Mick was the best person to head the company.

When Ben’s company went bust in 2014 due to lack of funding, Mick received a phone call from his brother saying he had no more work for him and he told Mick, “You are Tech Surveys now, it’s all yours!”

His research into his new business found a gap in the market – Legionella risk assessments. Legionnaire’s disease is a very dangerous form of pneumonia caused by bacteria and it can kill a vulnerable person, yet many people are unaware of what it is and how it occurs. The bacteria are caught by breathing in small droplets of contaminated water, and older homes are more likely to be at risk due to dated or more complex water systems.

Mick fills us in - “If your shower head or tap heads are dirty, they become a breeding site for Legionella. If you’re a smoker, have asthma, heart problems, are over the age of 45, male or have had major surgery you are

more susceptible to the disease. This is why when you come back from a holiday, it’s a good idea to run your taps and shower for a while to clean out the water pipes.”

If Mick goes into a property and finds a Legionella risk, he is able to give the tenant or homeowner recommendations on how to avoid it.

Recently, Mick went to a property to carry out a Legionella risk assessment and was told that the baby living there was ill. While carrying out his assessment, Mick found that the shower head and hose were corroding and he informed the tenants on the risks it posed. The mother took her baby to the doctor and it turned out that the baby had the early stages of Legionnaire’s disease. The baby could have died had she not been treated thanks to Mick being able to identify the risk, and the problems in the home were sorted right away and the baby made a full recovery.

Mick explains, “Landlords cannot rent a property or evict a tenant from the property if there’s no EPC. To sell your property you also need one. Some estate agents charge £100 to £150, whereas my domestic EPC rates start from just £39.99. Legionella assessments are just £60 each.”

Mick and Jasmine now work as a team. Mick conducts the EPC’s and Legionella risk assessments and Jasmine answers the phone, books the jobs in and organises the diary. Moving forward, Mick would like to focus more on commercial EPC’s. Staying positive, working hard and never being afraid of trying new things - these are the values this man has stood by over the years and still stands by today. If you are a home owner, rent a property or are a landlord and you would like to find out more information on the importance of EPC’s and Legionella risk assessments, contact Mick Quick.

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Make Your Home More Hygge Denmark is regarded as one of the happiest countries in the world and after researching the Danish home trend, Hygge (pronounced ‘heurgha’), we can see why. Hygge focuses on creating a cosy, comforting and content atmosphere whilst enjoying the good things in life surrounded by friends and family. It centres around being, not having, and on making a mindful connection with your surroundings.

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n today’s technology-focused world, so many of us are guilty of having mentally removed ourselves from our homes and the present day. Hygge is all about celebrating reality and living for the moment. In other words, it’s about embracing life’s little luxuries.

Book shops are full of hardbacks on the subject, but instead of getting technical and over-thinking it, simply concentrate on making your home a warm place to enjoy, and put some focus back onto yourself.

We’ve got some handy tips on how to create the perfect Hygge atmosphere in your home, and it’s easier than you might think.

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Less is More Don’t clutter your home as simplicity is key. It is about experiences, not having stuff. Open-plan spaces and minimal decor emphasises a feeling of total relaxation.

Share Time With Others Hygge is best enjoyed with others, so why not invite your friends and family over for a spread of wholesome food and a glass of red wine for that warm and cosy feeling?

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Eating and Drinking Hot drinks which warm you to the core are important, particularly while keeping snug in the winter. So take time to enjoy that cup of coffee in the morning, and why not treat yourself to a cup of hot chocolate on a cold evening? A reason Danes are so happy is because they don’t tend to restrict themselves in life – if they want to eat big chunks of crusty warm bread, then they will, and you won’t see them turning down a delicious slice of cake. It’s all about balance.

Turn off the TV and Pick up a Good Book Hygge centres on your home and feelings rather than technology, so put your phone away and have a break from the internet. After all, there’s nothing better than curling up on the sofa with your favourite book. Even better, make a chunky coffee table the centre of your living room where you can socialise with friends, rather than having all of your furniture pointing at the TV.

Candles and Light

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Light is a critical element of the Hygge approach, and there is no better way to create this than by lighting a few candles. In fact, more candles are burned per person in Denmark than anywhere else in Europe (according to the European Candle Association). Lamps, fairy lights and open fires will also create a feeling of well-being and happiness within your home.

Snuggle up with a blanket, oversized shawl and a cuppa and watch the world go by. Soft textures throughout the home are important, so cover the sofa with cushions and throws and layer up the bed with blankets. Get even cosier by updating your loungewear. Try jumpers, loose tops, thick socks and harem trousers to help you relax in comfort, whilst keeping warm!

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Your Dreams Our Design

By Westcountry Tile & Bathroom Westcountry Tile & Bathroom, based in Christian Mill Business Park, has 25 years experience in supplying and fitting bathrooms and wet rooms. No job is too big for Jamie Shewbrook and his team, which is evident in a recent project, which involved fitting four bathrooms and a cloakroom in a renovated hotel which is now a beautiful, minimalist home.

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he building, which is surrounded by lush Cornish fields in the village of Widegates, near Looe, once hosted up to 20 guests at a time as a hotel. The couple who took on the project have worked hard to completely renovate the property, and high on their agenda were top-quality, luxurious bathrooms.

After visits to major home improvement retailers and not finding what they had in mind, the couple were recommended to visit Jamie at Westcountry Tile & Bathroom. Although the high quality and professional finish of the luxury brands on offer might suggest a much higher price point, the couple worked with Jamie to get the best they could for their budget.

On their first visit to the showroom they were impressed with the range of displays on offer and the knowledge of the team. They tell us, “There was a huge choice of products including designer brands in the showroom. We were there for quality bathrooms and to get some good advice from someone with a wealth of knowledge and experience, and that’s exactly what we received.”

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The couple had always liked the boutique-feel of bathrooms in luxury hotels – big walk-in showers with huge waterfall-effect shower heads and stand-alone baths – so this was the basis for their plans and product selection.

In the end, the couple agreed with Jamie on the brand they’d like – Villeroy & Boch. This brand is highly recognised for its quality workmanship which offers flexibility on price and design.

Westcountry Tile & Bathroom specialise in top-end brands, but this doesn’t mean that a budget cannot be stuck to. Jamie can offer many different ranges to suit your budget, taste or style; although the couple quickly learned that quality bathrooms can make a huge difference to the value of a property.

The renovation has been recently valued with much of the work complete, and the impressive bathrooms have significantly increased the value of the home. Because of this, the couple have justified their investment.

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They tell us, “Everyone loves a nice bathroom, but we don’t do it just for the sake of a good shower, we’re doing it for the look of the house and to increase the value of the property.”

Jamie enlightened us on the products the couple have had fitted – “In the family bathroom they’ve chosen the free-standing La Belle bath along with Memento basin & Wall Mounted Architectura toilet, all in Villeroy & Boch with a beautiful walk-in shower.

The master bathroom has a whirlpool bath, controlled via a remote control, with 12 jets and bath filler. The basin is wall mounted with a Legato grey lacquered vanity unit and LED surround, with the same toilet and all in Villeroy & Boch. Both baths are truly quite special pieces. The trays in the showers have a wetroom feel, but they’re trays rather than wet-rooms, which is more cost-effective and easier to maintain.

Everything has been carefully designed to feel minimalist, and all the basins and toilets are off the floor maximise the space available.”

Jamie Shewbrook

The entire process was professional and efficient for the couple. “Going through the motions of finding what we wanted, to ordering and supplying was seamless. Jamie’s got a team around him who between them have more than 70 years combined experience within the industry. It was all about precision and making sure everything is looked after to the very last detail,” the couple explain.

“Jamie is a very professional and personable young man, in tune with his customer’s requirements from a young family to a retired couple and everybody in between. Professional, efficient, seamless - it’s everything you’d expect from the quality and service that you’re paying for.”

The New Year is a great opportunity to improve your home, pop in to the Westcountry Tile & Bathroom showroom and see how they can transform your bathroom into the most luxurious and tranquil part of the home – just the way it should be.

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This February be a parT oF sT Luke’s CoFFee Mornings Get friends together to raise muchneeded funds for families like mine, says farmer’s daughter Sandra.

St Luke’s Hospice Plymouth supporter Sandra Fry from Dartmoor is encouraging people to hold a coffee morning this February to help local families get vital care in the community.

Sandra’s father, Douglas Bowhay, died at his family farm thanks to the support of the hospice. She explains, “His last days and hours were here with us and the animals, but only because we had the help from the wonderful people at St Luke’s.

“The way their nurses Derek and Cathy came in and talked to him on his level, cooed over his cattle and quietly sat at our kitchen table offering support and advice was just what he needed. Without them I don’t know how we would have coped.”

Just after her father’s death, Sandra spotted it was the St Luke’s Coffee Morning month and wanted to get involved. Their first event raised £1,500; that’s enough to get nurses out to two other families. Their enthusiasm has grown since then and this year they will be taking on their third event to ensure others receive the same level of incredible care.

Sandra adds, “my tips would be that you just need to ask people to help and you will be surprised at what people will do – St Luke’s has touched so many lives like ours. It’s also important to go back to people after and tell them how much you raised. Have a clear plan and it all comes together”.

St Luke’s Coffee Morning month is all through February and events can be as big or little as you like. Even £50 pays for an hour of intensive care from a St Luke’s specialist unit nurse. If you can do something incredible for your community, the charity is asking people to get in touch with the community fundraising team on 01752 246597 or visit www.stlukes-hospice.org.uk/coffee

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BUSINESS PROFILE Austin Burn-Jones once had little faith in complementary therapy, but when he started suffering with ME it was the holistic approach that turned his life around. He now runs clinics in Devon, specialising in Bowen Therapy to help those with conditions that cannot be improved effectively with modern medicine. We speak to him about his own experiences and how Bowen can help so many others.

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olistic therapy has fast become the sought-after treatment in the UK and is a growing industry around the world. These treatments aim to treat a client as a whole, rather than being separated into different parts which do not interconnect. Bowen Therapy consists of gentle rolling motions on the skin or through light clothing, on precise points of the body, to effectively resolve long-standing problems that a GP might not be able to assist with. The movements are designed to stimulate the tissue and nerve pathways, creating a focus for the brain.

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Bowen Therapy works on something called fascia, which surrounds and holds our muscles. Until around 2007 it was little known in mainstream medicine. In fact, it was thrown away in the dissection bins, but now it’s been realised that it plays an important part. “In many respects,” Austin explains, “We are at the forefront of medical and anatomical change.”

Vancouver, and he had hopes of becoming an underwater BBC cameraman.

To help people understand what he does, Austin tends to relate the therapy as, “Chiropractic without the crunch.” He admits that it’s technically incorrect, but it’s often the easiest way to explain it. Austin specialises in whiplash, frozen shoulder, migraines and back pain - this is because Bowen is particularly good at resolving those issues and it’s considerably gentler than Osteopathy or Chiropractic treatment.

People of all ages can benefit from the treatment – Austin’s youngest client was just five weeks old, and his oldest was 97.

Having already dived around the world, Austin trained to become an industrial diver at Fort William, and he had his first professional underwater diving job working as a rescue diver on Plymouth Sound.

One day he was keeping an eye on a group of diving students, when he spotted one of them trapped in a riptide at 120ft. Austin managed to pull the student to safety but he then became trapped in the dangerous current and almost needed rescuing himself. The scare was enough for him to question his hopes of becoming an underwater cameraman he very nearly died.

Life before Bowen was indeed very different for Austin. He worked as a professional photographer travelling the world and spending time on cruise ships. Eventually Austin met his wife Sally in

After weighing up his options Austin took the bold decision to move to Germany with his wife to work with the US military. The couple were considering making it a permanent move when the Iraq war

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- BOWEN THERAPY DEVON broke out and the bases were all sealed off.

Austin and his wife packed up the car and got themselves back to the UK where he started working for a software company, but he soon fell ill.

“I had ME for about four years, but this was before ME was acknowledged as a problem, and the NHS couldn’t work out what was wrong with me,” Austin explains. After many tests he was sent a letter from the NHS explaining that they would not conduct any further tests and that perhaps his symptoms didn’t really exist.

Extremely frustrated, he gave complementary therapy a go, even though he had previously admitted that he didn’t believe it would work.

“Someone I respected suggested I try Kinesiology, which is muscle-testing. For whatever reason, I didn’t care whether it was a placebo or real, this person wiggled my arm for about half an hour and I thought, “You must be joking?” But then he told me that I have mercury poisoning. He gave me some herbs which bind to heavy metals. I was extremely sick for three days and then, to my amazement, I was cured. I didn’t care whether it had evidence behind it or not, the fact is, he managed to find a way of making me better when no-one else could.”

Austin began to investigate further into these therapies and soon learnt about other therapies on offer, which is where he found a technique called ‘Bowen.’ At the time there were only two practitioners in the South West, and after a lot of learning and research, Austin became the third in 2004.

Austin has always taken a very practical approach, continuously studying and conducting at least two dissections each year to learn everything he can about the human body. This year he completed his Master’s degree in Athletic Therapy. “When I use the term holistic, it means looking at the body as a whole. It might hurt in one area, but the tension could be elsewhere. If one part of the body is damaged, the rest of the body will change to accommodate that damage.

“Everything is connected. The problem with mainstream medicine is that we think that somehow our psychology is separate to our emotions or from physical problems, and yet if you’re angry about something you might grit your teeth. You’ve converted an emotion in your head to something physical. If you feel angry for long enough those nerves in your jaw will become inflamed, and you’ll give yourself earache or headache.”

Austin appreciates the time he gets with his patients to learn more about them, unlike a GP who might only have a few minutes to learn about a problem. “Bowen is not a magic pill,” Austin explains, “If someone sees me I want them to understand that it’s a process that might also involve exercise and better nutrition.”

As for the sceptics, the Bowen Technique may not be for everyone, but had one particular sceptic not tried an alternative therapy for his ME, he may still be suffering today.

If you would like to learn more about how Bowen Therapy could help, get in touch with Austin who can explain the process further and how it could benefit you. His clinics are based in Totnes and Exeter.

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Plympton What’s On Guide Running throughout January

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Saturday 14th January

Puddle Trail Enjoy the beginning of a new year with a hunt for the biggest puddles at Saltram. Plot the puddles on your trail sheet using the puddle shaped stickers. Don’t worry if it’s a dry day, there’s still plenty of plants and flowers to spot too.

The event is free but normal admission fees apply.

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Craft Group Take part in sewing, knitting, embroidery, crochet or any other crafts at Plympton Library this January. Bring along what you’re working on or drop in for a chat.

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Wednesday 4th January

Wassail!

Grab your bells, bring along you pots and pans and join the team at Saltram Orchard to scare away the spirits and bless the crop for 2016 in the ancient custom of wassailing. Why not head to the cafe afterwards and spend the rest of your evening sampling the fruits of last year’s crop with apple cakes, juice and ciders whilst watching or joining in with the Dartington Morris Men. Adults £10, children £5.

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How To Help Wildlife Survive In Your Garden This Winter Although venturing into the garden may be the last thing on your mind this season, if you do decide to do a spot of winter gardening, it’s surprisingly easy to do something to help the wildlife survive in the cold months.

Birds Avoid cutting hedges until the end of the season to provide much-needed shelter for birds. It also gives them more time to eat the berries! As well as having a bird feeder, you can also leave halved apples on the ground for birds to feast on.

Birds also need plenty of water, both for drinking and bathing. If you don’t have a pond for the birds to drink from, why not fill an upturned dustbin lid with water instead?

Hedgehogs Very few hedgehogs make it through the winter months. They often struggle to find food but leaving a dish of dog or cat food in the garden can help boost their fat reserves, helping them get through the hibernation season. Plan ahead next Autumn to catch them before they hibernate.

It’s also important to resist the urge to tidy up! Many people tend to blitz their gardens in the winter, removing cruical shelter for wildlife - particularly hedgehogs. Hedgehogs often hibernate in drifts of dead leaves and log piles, so avoid strimming or burning leaf piles.

Amphibians Frogs, toads and newts often hide beneath stones and plant pots and some are also fond of compost bins, so be careful if forking over the heap.

If you have a pond, its a good idea to float a tennis ball or something similar on top to prevent it from freezing over. A frozen surface reduces oxygenation and frogs could suffocate beneath it.

Other Garden Dwellers If you’re having a clear out of the shed, take care - many insects such as lacewings, ladybirds and butterflies may be hibernating inside.

You can even recreate a place for creatures to hibernate by tying up bamboo and sunflower stems and leaving them in a dry spot in the garden.

The main thing to keep in mind to help wildlife survive in a winter garden is to leave things as undisturbed as possible, remembering that many different species hide in various spots until the weather improves. Not only does this help the creatures, but it also gives you a welcome excuse to have a rest!

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