Sometimes something just reminds us of what we deal with. i remember reading some years ago about someone who collapsed while tending a bonfire....
This is a thing that really annoys me about some of these mail order people. I bought some polyanthus and pansy plugs from a wholesaler but In...
With my dog if she goes somewhere she is not to go I shout "No". It surprises her and she soon knows that is out of bounds. Well now I don't even...
Why does everyone wee on the compost heap? Why not wee into a bucket in private and then put it on the compost heap? I reckon it is an excuse for...
Tescos is our local store. In the summer I saw their cauliflowers and, no exaggeration, i had thrown away caulis better than theirs. Mind you I...
Most home composters do not work on hot composting that will kill weed seeds. The Dalek type and anything made using pallets will work on cold...
I wonder what i am doing wrong? I grow as many of my own veg and sell the surplus at about or just above the supermarket price and have made a...
The Glazier melting??? As someone who has supported Man U I wish that were true. If you mean glaciers then which one? Most glaciers are retreating...
The only trouble with hover flies is they really know how to irritate. They fly in front of you with that high pitched hum which can sound...
Well I have to say this thread has as usual those who think climate change is a conspiracy and it is not really happening. As someone who knows a...
I think it is netting or nothing if you have too many to patrol. I had 100 brassicas last year and there are not enough hours of daylight to...
Hoverflies are not pests. As adults they feed on nectar. They will hover in an area defending that bit of air space from other hover flies as they...
As a gardener you should be happy that you have spiders. If we did not have spiders we would be buried under flies and other harmful insects....
I persume it is in a sunny spot, some don't like too much shade. Could be that if it was in a pot the pot wasn't big enough so the corms did not...
I used to put wood chips outside the pop hole but they just threw them everywhere. However I spilt some wood shavings while cleaning them out and...
"Steel toecap brigade???" Where in today's paper? It had nothing to do with Health and Safety. The FSA do not insist on chilled food cabinets...
That will explain the nice house then. They had some plants that were specifically being sold for the charity - on one side of the polytunnel 1/2...
My chickens love lettuce. I have 10 of them and if I chuck in a bolted lettuce they jump on it like a crowd of vultures on a carcase with bits of...
I have seen cormorants on our local canal and that is Shropshire which is some distance from the sea.
What do think of Hall Farm Nursery which is up your way Palustris? I have just spent a happy couple of hours there today? They had an open day for...
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