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Talkback: Nesting robins

Posted: 15/04/2013 at 20:11
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 as it just managed to get over the fence with a beak full,so much so it couldn't see where it was going,Oldchippy.

Talkback: Wintery weather

Posted: 04/04/2013 at 14:37
Hi James 4th April and still snowing here in Ewell.

Talkback: Growing auriculas

Posted: 28/03/2013 at 18:11
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

Posted: 21/03/2013 at 16:42
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 between the pane's that has slipped down and fold the bottom over to hold the slipped pane in place, when roof slate's slip that's what you do. Oldchippy,

Talkback: Top 10 fruit and veg for a dream garden

Posted: 02/03/2013 at 19:43
Dream on Baby,

Talkback: Top 10 fruit and veg for a dream garden

Posted: 01/03/2013 at 20:02
Kate have you won the Lottery. Oldchippy.

Talkback: Blind daffodils

Posted: 22/02/2013 at 12:33
The ground where my daffs grow has been to hard to dig over the last few year's as it's been so dry,maybe this year I may be able to lift and dived them. Oldchippy.

Talkback: Planting to cut winter fuel bills

Posted: 04/02/2013 at 20:16
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 warm than walking down the fairways,There must be savings to be made by over insulating the out side of a property with the right plant,may be some one will develop a new plant for this purpose. Oldchippy.

Talkback: Growing plants for winter scent

Posted: 04/02/2013 at 17:55
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 now and I have never seen it look this good,The snow drops are very stunted this year only just above the ground,there are plenty of Daffs coming into flower this year after the poor show last year. Oldchippy.

Talkback: Garden birds in the snow

Posted: 27/01/2013 at 11:56

Big Bird Watch week end again and the bird's have gone on holiday,All I have seen so far is a couple of Wood Pigeon's Crow's and Magpie's,No small bird's at all.

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Discussions started by oldchippy

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... 
Replies: 5    Views: 63
Last Post: Today at 15:54

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... 
Replies: 0    Views: 21
Last Post: 10/05/2013 at 18:09

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... 
Replies: 1    Views: 26
Last Post: 09/05/2013 at 14:25

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... 
Replies: 1    Views: 36
Last Post: 11/05/2013 at 23:15

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. 
Replies: 13    Views: 195
Last Post: 24/04/2013 at 10:36

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... 
Replies: 12    Views: 183
Last Post: 26/04/2013 at 09:09

Talkback: Wintery weather

Hi James 4th April and still snowing here in Ewell. 
Replies: 8    Views: 155
Last Post: 06/04/2013 at 20:09

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. 
Replies: 13    Views: 228
Last Post: 14/05/2013 at 19:56

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 ... 
Replies: 2    Views: 89
Last Post: 30/04/2013 at 17:12

Talkback: Top 10 fruit and veg for a dream garden

Kate have you won the Lottery. Oldchippy. 
Replies: 6    Views: 298
Last Post: 05/04/2013 at 08:50

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... 
Replies: 15    Views: 426
Last Post: 13/02/2013 at 16:09

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... 
Replies: 5    Views: 202
Last Post: 13/02/2013 at 16:39

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... 
Replies: 3    Views: 130
Last Post: 11/02/2013 at 16:23

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... 
Replies: 1    Views: 94
Last Post: 06/01/2013 at 15:03

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... 
Replies: 14    Views: 586
Last Post: 18/01/2013 at 19:41
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