The therapy of wildlife

Forget your worries and look for nature

- Ruth

MANY of us have a lot more time on our hands at the moment, which gives us the perfect opportunity to get stuck into some of the larger gardening jobs. If you can turn these tasks into something that is also good for your mental wellbeing, at a time when we are constantly bombarded with things to worry us, then so much the better.

Last spring we added a pond to the garden. It was hard physical work – under a few inches of soil we are on top of a thick seam of chalk that needs breaking up with a crowbar if you’re digging holes for anything larger than a mature perennial.