Have You Noticed an Insect Bonanza in 2025? (jul25)
Bugs are back – let’s fight to save them… Our garden is humming and buzzing with life this year – and it’s glorious. Every step through the wildflower meadows brings a flurry of movement. Bugs of all sorts dart between the grasses, butterflies spiral upward, bees bury into blooms. In the golden light of early […]
Insect Homes at Hooke Farm (Jun22)
Help! An Insect Apocalypse is happening right now… (Dec21)
Help! An Insect Apocalypse is happening right now… (Dec21) The frightening thing is that we may not be aware of how devastating the decline in insects has been over the last 100 years. Insects were the first things to fly and sing. Pre-dinosaurs the planet was swarming with them with no other living things. There […]
Insects are on the menu and they’re better for the planet (Nov21)
Let’s start with pet food. If you want to feed your dog insects – and you should – there’s lots of choice – see list at the bottom of this page. I started over 2 years ago giving my dog Yora insect feed. Recently, I’ve managed to add my cat and puppy to this delicious […]
I’m feeding my dog insects! (Apr19)
The brilliant thing about this is that it’s better for the planet – and apparently good nutritionally too. And, Rex loves them. The main insect ingredient comes from soldier fly grubs, which are reared in high tech vertical farms and fed on vegetable matter – and they grow to full size in just 14 days. […]