Sometimes nature provides its own art work!
Leaving dead wood in the forest not only provides an important habitat for countless beasties, but it can quite beautiful in its own right.
Leaving dead wood in the forest not only provides an important habitat for countless beasties, but it can quite beautiful in its own right.
It is now considered bad woodland management to remove too much decaying matter with up to a third of forest species depending on old or dead trees. See http://assets.panda.org/downloads/deadwoodwithnotes.pdf. Europe has suffered a huge decline in deadwood with over management, but things are beginning to change as we understand more about its importance in bringing life to the forests. We can all help these species on a small scale by leaving a pile of logs in a corner of the garden and letting it all go a bit wild. Low maintenance gardening at its best!
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