On the contrary. Every year we get plagued for several weeks by swarms of Blandford Flies (or similar) - horrendous tiny biting flies with bites...
Could be rose sawfly but to be honest I'm completely baffled by the idea of someone going out and drenching their garden in insecticide/fungicide....
I have some of these for chainsaw work: OREGON Universal Type A Chainsaw Safety Leggings. Might be a bit big for a woman, but much less...
A bit hard to see from the photos, but it looks like the sides are fairly steeply sloping. Since pond liners are generally pretty slippery, this...
It's a bit late if you've already got the greenhouse, but I think the main thing is to have adequate ventilation, preferably with automatic...
It's hard to get round this problem if you're growing in beds. E.g. if you have 2 beds and you inoculate plants in one but not the other, you...
Good idea. Greenhouse tomatoes is a case where mycorrhizal inoculation might potentially be beneficial, since the species is highly mycorrhizal...
I've never seen any solid evidence that these products are beneficial for gardeners. There are lots of anecdotal claims about how great they are,...
If this is mainly for frogs/tadpoles then I'd leave out the Marsh Marigold. It would take up too much space and not be that beneficial. If you...
How urgent is the clearout? Late summer / early autumn is generally a better time, i.e. after the main breeding season for most species but before...
It's true you have to be careful about overheating in a container, but for even very shallow ponds in the ground I don't think this is so much of...
luciusmaximus - Ideal pond shape for frogs is wide and shallow, not deep. They often spawn in temporary ponds, even wheel ruts. Oxygenators aren't...
Not true, unfortunately - the pellets also incorporate a chelating agent such as EDTA which is what makes the iron phosphate toxic to slugs (iron...
I don't see any point in adding sand/grit to clay. Organic matter would be more helpful in improving the soil structure. Lupins and hostas should...
Marketmore has grown well outdoors in raised beds here (Herefordshire) for the last two years - more cucumbers than we can eat from 2 or 3 plants....
Giant hogweed is in a completely different family to knotweeds so no chance of hybridisation. I think you mean giant knotweed, another East Asian...
A bit late to the thread but play sand is fine for ponds. I have used it in mine for putting around the shallow margins to protect the liner and...
I'm interested.
I think poppies need winter cold to germinate, so should be sown in autumn. Cornflowers are fine sown about now. Maybe not what you're after, but...
Examine the feather shafts to see if they're intact (with a pointed end) or bitten off - sparrowhawks pluck them out but cats chew through them....
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