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Ah, thanks for all of your replies. When I looked out again, a cat was lying, waiting so I shooed him away.  After a while mouse came back,  he seems to have a problem with both back legs but appears to be coping, he stayed for a few minutes, he didn't seem bothered by us. This is turning into a saga, cat came back, he disappeared when I went down the garden, but on my way back I saw him watching me from a hole in the fence, haha, those cats eyes are a dead giveaway!  I think he is a wood/field mouse  and when it comes to food you can forget all that cheese nonsense, as some of you have found out,, mice love chocolate

Hurrah! New Gardening Prog.

It would be really nice if the bbc took notice of all of the comments here. It seems that all most gardeners want is a programme that gives advice, not just the measly two or three minutes that we are "allowed" from Monty when he suggests things we might do this week-end. What a shame, I'm sure it's not the cost when you see some of the dross that is show. Another antiques show anyone?

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Last week I saw a mouse running round the water bowls I had put out for, well anyone really. Anyway, tonight, back at the water bowls there was a mouse, not sure if it was the same one, eating some noodles that I had put out for the local wildlife. It didn't really take much  notice, it ran around for a bit then went back to his feast. I went back to the house to call my husband and we went back. Well, there he was, still eating and we watched a couple of feet away for about five minutes, he was quite cute, I moved some food nearer to him and he carried on, but when he decided to go he seemed to have a problem with one or both back feet, he couldn't walk, or run in a straight line! I wonder how long he will last. I just wanted to share that because I thought it was a little bit unusual

What to do with a bucket of snails!!

Well gardening granny, that's exactly what I do. It came to a point  when I went down the garden one night, as I stood still I Could hear a crunching noise, there they were on my first beautiful cabbages, happily munching away, that's when I declared war, and to be honest, it seems to be the only way. Shame though, I think I need a hedgehog!

Gardeners World - not back for 4 weeks!

When I saw the heading for this thread I thought I would give my two pence worth. No chance, you all seem to have covered every point that I was going to mention. Nevertheless, I am quite annoyed about the way we are treated so, as I have been doing surveys about tv programmes I thought I would let them know how we gardeners feel so I told them about this site and asked them to have a look if they were really interested in what people think! Whether it will make any difference I don't know  but anything is worth trying

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Many thanks for your replies, ladybirds were my first thought, they look like a shortened version of the larvae, but the eggs are very white, all of the references I have found say that the eggs are yellow.  I'll try to keep an eye on them. Sorry, no photo, I really must learn how to do that!

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I found some small white eggs on a young lupin and beside them were some little bugs that appeared to be reddish-brown with some markings on them. Has anyone got any ideas at all? Thanks

Talkback: Tomatoes, aubergines and peppers

rosie plum, I like your idea, my soil is heavy clay so I might give that a go. Last year I grew cabbages in pots, the copper tape stopped any slugs and they grew well, pity I forgot about the caterpillars, totally decimated! The first time I grew cabbages they did well. One night I went into the garden with my torch. In the quiet I could hear a crunching noise, I checked and found slugs having a great time. So, every evening I patrolled the cabbage patch and had some great tasting cabbage, so as long as you try to remember every pest that might attack it's well worth it

Talkback: Mealybugs

Your gardenersworld.com wishlist

Hi, I'm not sure if anyone has mentioned this, but I would really appreciate a section that describes insects, good and bad, with really clear pictures, their life-cycles and ways of encouraging or discouraging hem. For instance, I know what many of them look like but I don't know how to recognise their larvae. I know there are books that you can get but they tend to be either very indistinct pictures or drawings or very technical for use by someone actually studying them, thanks

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