Muddle through Mum

We're losing our wildlife. Frogs, butterflies, bumblebees, hedgehogs, moths, bats, insects, birds, toads are all struggling. But with 16 million UK gardens, if more of us garden in a nature-friendly way, the impact could be huge! It's easy. And nature is good for us. Who's in?

Postcards From Bradford.

@loveleedsparks @FofMWo This film isn't from Morris Wood but there owls there twitter.com/RobertEFuller/…

Spotlight on! Morris wood in Kirkstall Railway footbridge + undulations + easy access from Queenwood & Spen lane. Newly planted apple trees & bulbs. friendsofmorriswood.wordpress.com facebook.com/FofMW/ @FofMWo

It's been gorgeous watching Bonnie the tawny owl spend time with her four chicks at the entrance to their nest 🦉🐥🐥🐥🐤

Dear councils, 97% of UK meadows are gone. So please: if you have wildflowers like ox-eye daisies on roadverges and in public spaces, don't spray them with weedkiller or over-mow them. Let's give pollinating insects like bees and butterflies a chance 🐝

UK Supermarkets are selling chickens fed on Latin American soya. The pesticides used on the soya are destroying wildlife, and poisoning farmers and their families. Let’s tell UK supermarkets to clean up their soya supply chains. Please sign this @SoilAssociation petition.

It's well underway already: councils' relentless over-mowing of green areas. Dandelions, celandines, clover - humming with life, lifelines for struggling pollinators - mown into 'neat & tidy' grass deserts. Who wants their council to #saynotothemow? More: bit.ly/3e6t4lt

BBC's A House Through Time is back next week for a fourth series - and this time it's set in Leeds. Presenter Dr David Olusoga spoke to us about Headingley, mills and student memories yorkshirepost.co.uk/heritage-and-r…

For the ultimate in convenience try a #Kirkstall Morrisons staycation. Never be short of food or petrol 😁

@Morrisons Kirkstall why are all your basket self service tills so dirty even early in the morning.

8 billion bottles and cans in the UK. Wasted. Every year. @BorisJohnson keeps pressing snooze on a #DepositReturn Scheme - help us take the pressure to him today >>> takeaction.cpre.org.uk/page/83698/twe…

@alextransdev @living_leeds @Transdev @CPT_UK @transportgovuk @CharlotteV @Transport4North @passtrans @TransportXtra @routeoneteam @BusUsersUK @CBTransport Wish you were our main bus company 🙁

To help recovery, to help everyone get #BACKtoBUS... 💥 For commuters: 10% off all monthly tickets 💥 For our cities: £2 off return tickets with new #CitySavers 💥 For new & old customers: FREE day ticket on our app 💥 For the evening economy: £1 go anywhere fare after 7pm

Sent to us from resident in Chapel A. Cancer chemicals sprayed by @LeedsCC_News close to School grounds. Caterpillars, insects, & habitat refuge decimated. When will u start delivering against your promises? Stop wasting taxpayer money on ecocide @helenhayden01 @ChrisGPackham

I have voted Labour in the past, this kind of ranting by a paid Councillor is not going to get me back.

Dear councils, If you manage small verges like this, they could be lifelines for pollinating insects if you #saynotothemow and don't spray them with weedkillers. You'll be saving bees and butterflies by saving time & money. Looks better too! 🐝

@OurFutureLeeds @SameSkiesThink Some of the candidates are missing from this. The full list is on the council site leeds.gov.uk/your-council/e…

Ahead of the #WestYorkshire Mayoral election tomorrow, check out this side-by-side comparison of the candidates by @SameSkiesThink sameskiesthinktank.com/side-by-side-c… it is a supplementary vote so you can vote for a smaller party candidate 1st as long as you put favoured larger party 2nd

The very rare naked cucumber-no plastic.! I found this in the outdoor part of @KirkgateMarket and sold by weight so no waste 🙂 @PFreeNWLeeds

So how come football fans can gather in large crowds, drinking and being rowdy but females gathering for a vigil and climate activists peacefully protesting, get heavy handed police 🤔

Bees need to drink, but can drown in deep or fast-flowing water sources. So as warmer, sunnier weather arrives, setting up a beebowl is a quick and easy way to #HelpTheBees. Here's how: bit.ly/2KQesqp 🐝💦