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Book Review – Silent Earth: Averting the Insect Apocalypse by Dave Goulson

Posted on October 22, 2021

Silent Earth: Averting the Insect Apocalypse
Author: Dave Goulson
Publisher: Jonathan Cape
ISBN: 976-1-787-33334-5

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Gardening Advice for September:

Give the bright and sunny areas of your garden a boost by planting Echinacea!
Give the bright and sunny areas of your garden a boost by planting Echinacea!
Making Meadows
Making Meadows
Plant my trialled and tested daffodils now and enjoy superb spring flowers next year!
Plant my trialled and tested daffodils now and enjoy superb spring flowers next year!
Be a Successful Meadow Maker!
Be a Successful Meadow Maker!
Grass Roots Gardening
Grass Roots Gardening
Relax: Sow Chamomile seeds and enjoy pretty flowers and soothing teas!
Relax: Sow Chamomile seeds and enjoy pretty flowers and soothing teas!
Plant bulbs now for the promise of future flowers!
Plant bulbs now for the promise of future flowers!
Gardening Advice for Mid-August to Mid-September
Gardening Advice for Mid-August to Mid-September
How to help Hedgehogs
How to help Hedgehogs
My Step-by-Step Guide to Planting Terrariums & Bottle Gardens!
My Step-by-Step Guide to Planting Terrariums & Bottle Gardens!
How to Plant Beautiful Bottle Gardens and Terrific Terrariums!
How to Plant Beautiful Bottle Gardens and Terrific Terrariums!
My New Wildlife Pond
My New Wildlife Pond
Trying to control blanket weed & algae in my pond
Trying to control blanket weed & algae in my pond
Do you have a sunny garden, balcony, or patio? Grow these stunning plants – they’ll help bees & butterflies!
Do you have a sunny garden, balcony, or patio? Grow these stunning plants – they’ll help bees & butterflies!
Fabulously Fragrant Daffodils!
Fabulously Fragrant Daffodils!
Generous Thrift
Generous Thrift
Enjoy the Magic of Houseplants this Autumn & Winter!
Enjoy the Magic of Houseplants this Autumn & Winter!
An Update From My Wildlife Pond as Aquatic & Garden Plants Take on Autumn Tints
An Update From My Wildlife Pond as Aquatic & Garden Plants Take on Autumn Tints
Planting Trees & The Kew Declaration on Reforestation for Biodiversity, Carbon Capture & Livelihoods
Planting Trees & The Kew Declaration on Reforestation for Biodiversity, Carbon Capture & Livelihoods
Ripening unripe tomatoes
Ripening unripe tomatoes

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Dependable Houseplants you Can fall in Love with & Rely on
Dependable Houseplants you Can fall in Love with & Rely on
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Chasing New Miniature Orchid Flowers in My Race Against Time to Try & Pollinate my Aerangis macrocentra!
November Gardening
November Gardening
A year in the life of Aerangis citrata
A year in the life of Aerangis citrata
RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2021 (part three)
RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2021 (part three)
Making Meadows
Making Meadows
My New Wildlife Pond
My New Wildlife Pond
Grow Microgreens: Quick, Easy, & Delicious!
Grow Microgreens: Quick, Easy, & Delicious!
Sterilising Cork and Looking Out for Alien Insect Species
Sterilising Cork and Looking Out for Alien Insect Species
The Most Sustainable Compost is Homemade – 20 Tips for Successful Composting!
The Most Sustainable Compost is Homemade – 20 Tips for Successful Composting!
Planting Trees & The Kew Declaration on Reforestation for Biodiversity, Carbon Capture & Livelihoods
Planting Trees & The Kew Declaration on Reforestation for Biodiversity, Carbon Capture & Livelihoods
Fantastic Containers & Compost that will Fulfil your Gardening Dreams on Patios & Balconies!
Fantastic Containers & Compost that will Fulfil your Gardening Dreams on Patios & Balconies!
Remember to send Butterfly Conservation your Butterfly Count results!
Remember to send Butterfly Conservation your Butterfly Count results!
Build a Bee Box for Red Mason Bees!
Build a Bee Box for Red Mason Bees!
Look out for The Missing Collector: Plant Heritage’s first garden at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show!
Look out for The Missing Collector: Plant Heritage’s first garden at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show!

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An Update on the Phalaenopsis Orchids growing inside my Orchidarium (part five)
An Update on the Phalaenopsis Orchids growing inside my Orchidarium (part five)
Matt Keightley and The Jeremy Vine Texture Garden
Matt Keightley and The Jeremy Vine Texture Garden
The Quadgrow Self Watering Planter
The Quadgrow Self Watering Planter
An Open Letter Promoting The Use of Peat is in Circulation – My Response
An Open Letter Promoting The Use of Peat is in Circulation – My Response
The Madagascar BiOrbAir Terrarium (part two)
The Madagascar BiOrbAir Terrarium (part two)
My National Collection of Miniature Phalaenopsis
My National Collection of Miniature Phalaenopsis

Product and Book Reviews

RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show 2017
RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show 2017
Is your Garden Shady? Discover the Success Stories from my Vegepod Shade Trial & Grow Amazing Vegetables in your Shaded Garden this Spring & Summer!
Is your Garden Shady? Discover the Success Stories from my Vegepod Shade Trial & Grow Amazing Vegetables in your Shaded Garden this Spring & Summer!
RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show 2015
RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show 2015
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