Joe_the_Gardener

Nightmare Garden To Design Around - Help Needed

I'd start by keeping the hens on the bank.

Feeding Birds / Protecting your plants

I have seen several small birds that have got tangled up in soft netting and died hanging there by their feet, so I would always recommend rigid cages made of chicken wire over a frame.

The best multi purpose compost this year

There's a clear division between those who think it's OK to use peat and those who think it environmentally unsound.

what is this tree?

Is it some sort of Euonymus? Close-up view of a leaf  and some bark might help. Is this a recent photo?

The best multi purpose compost this year

What's it made of, moorey?

small bird watch

The cold seems to have got the birds back into the garden. I stood about three feet away from the feeder this afternoon as nine long-tailed tits helped themselves.

Planting for a Philosophy Garden

If your philosophers are into Nietzsche you could leave the garden empty.

too much cottage garden self seeding!

Clearing and cultivating the area will certainly have distusrbed dormant seeds, so you may have a bit of a job on your hands; however, as suggested above, you'll have to wait and see. But in the immortal words of  Corporal Jones, don't panic!

RE PLANTING

Not sure what this is - botanical name?

Talkback: Hedgehogs and foxes

RSPCA will tell you, Jacqueline.

Hedging shears

Malvern