oldchippy

Talkback: Mice in the garden

Hi Kate,Leo is walking on all fours again,Been up the golf course with him tonight heard a russel under a holly tree,In the leaf litter was a wood mouse best place for them.

Dave Oldchippy

Talkback: Escallonia

Hi Kate we have two Escallonia growing along the fence with tubular flowers mixed in with dogwood and cotinus and a flowering cherry and pyracantha and cotoneaster all growing happy together ,they have been in about 7 years and are well over grown,time for a prune.

Oldchippy.

Talkback: Mice in the garden

Kate, I'm entering Leo my dog in the limpit games.

Oldchippy.

Talkback: Preparing for drought in the garden

We could always blame the weather man like we do in the summer when they get it wrong.

Talkback: Mice in the garden

Hi Kate don't know much about mice but I have a dog walking on three legs,He tried to do a summer sort in the snow last Sunday and hurt his front leg,More money down the Vets.Happy Days.

Oldchippy.

Talkback: Making mini ponds

Hello Kate I know this is nothing to do with pond life, sitting here in Ewell looking down the garden I have seen more Fieldfare this year then any other year,They have been eating the berries off the Pyracantha bush's they are all queuing up in the Cotoneaster's at the bottom of the garden but not eating the berries, they may not be as ripe yet.There was a Black cap taking the berries from the end of the branches the Fieldfare could not reach.

Talkback: Making mini ponds

Hello Kate,A garden is only as good as the person making it,If space isn't available you the next best thing is a container that can be moved around the garden,Some thing you can't do with a border,Thailand a what's wrong with snowy England Best Wishes Oldchippy.

Potted ponds in Thailand

Hi Kate,Lovely picture's but what would happen if one of our feathered friend's decided to take a bath could it get out again.

Talkback: Growing veg in shade

If I did grow crop's in the garden it would be left to rot as you can alway's buy it in the supermarket so I am informed by Mrs Oldchippy.

Talkback: RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch 2012

I have never seen so many Fieldfare as this year it must be cold in europe,

Talkback: Blue tits and great tits

I made an open fronted bird box a couple of weeks ago for sparrows with out much luck before I had an operation on my hand,I have time now t... 

Talkback: Growing honesty

the white form of honesty is taking over my garden,it escaped under the fence from next door and has seeded all over any where it can find s... 

Talkback: Small tortoiseshell butterflies

Today I saw my first swift,Saturday I saw some swallows, last week I saw my first Tortoiseshell butterflies in the park,I have seen some ora... 

Talkback: Growing vegetables on terraces

Terraced grow bag's may be your answer Kate,Most new properties we have looked at have garden's to small for a grow bag let a lone a terrace... 

Talkback: Bees and pesticides

Hi Kate if it is killing the bee's and we eat there honey what could we be eating,a ticking time bomb,Oldchippy. 

Talkback: Nesting robins

Nice to have you back.The bird's have been picking up all the dog's fur for two week's now,We had a crow pick up more than was good for it a... 

Talkback: Wintery weather

Hi James 4th April and still snowing here in Ewell. 

Talkback: Growing auriculas

Hi Kate nice to have you back,Their is a nursery on the out skirt's of Croydon that breed's Auriculas,Oldchippy. 

Talkback: Holes in leaves

Pippa if you get a strip of metal like a lid off of a ring pull can, you can fold one end and push it over the glass at the top and push it ... 

Talkback: Top 10 fruit and veg for a dream garden

Kate have you won the Lottery. Oldchippy. 

Talkback: Planting to cut winter fuel bills

Hi Adam when I take my dogs for a walk up the golf course I always walk next to the bushes as it cut down the wind speed and always feels wa... 

Talkback: Growing plants for winter scent

Hi Kate we have a winter flowering Cherry opposite the kitchen door just behind the soakaway from the roof,it's been in flower for two month... 

Talkback: Growing a yew hedge

Hi Kate when we moved here in 2002 we had a yew hedge one side of our back garden 16 feet tall 7 feet thick,not quite a hedge more like a wo... 

Talkback: Black-headed gulls

Richard I had a Black Cap feeding on my Callicarpa berries today.Looking on the RSPB website it seem they are spending winters in England,Be... 

Talkback: Evicting a rat

Hi Kate when I cut the borders in the mainly glass area of our back garden I stacked the turf face to face back to back against the fence wi...