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Talkback: Making a Christmas wreath

Posted: 22/12/2012 at 11:48
Happy Christmas Kate,All the holly up the golf course has had the berries taken by the birds at the beginning of December so there's not much left ,the ivy has also gone over with not much to look at at all,may be next year will be more productive,And a Happy New year to you.Oldchippy.

Talkback: Goldcrest encounter

Posted: 21/12/2012 at 15:57
Hi Kate I saw a Goldcrest last winter on the golf course when walking my Dogs,It was in a gorse bush very distinctive yellow markings on there heads,I hope you have a Happy Christmas and New Year.

Oldchippy.

Talkback: Building bird boxes

Posted: 21/12/2012 at 15:20
Happy Christmas Kate and all at Gardeners World

Talkback: Growing fruit for birds

Posted: 26/11/2012 at 12:47
Hi Kate just been clearing the leaves from the grass and noticed there don't seem to be many berries on my cotoneaster this year and the wood pigeons have all but stripped the pyracantha of it's berries ,so not much left for any in coming birds from the continent ,the callicarpa has alot of purple berries this year thanks to a good prune,and the daffs are about 35 mm out of the ground already must be a good sign ,Oldchippy.

Talkback: Growing fruit for birds

Posted: 23/11/2012 at 16:54
Kate if you grow all of these fruiting trees you will end up making ketchup or jelly from the fruit and there would not be any for the birds,maybe planting vertically is the answer growing up on raised beds like a ladder.you may be able to grow as many plants as you could fit in. Oldchippy.

Talkback: Making leaf mould

Posted: 19/11/2012 at 20:43
Hi James,We get about 3 charity bags a week for old clothes ,So I double them up and fill them with leaves so far I have 6 bags full with more leaves to fall I should have about 8 in all,come the summer I then add them to my compost bins, by this time they have started to break down mixed with glass cuttings they make a good compost mix. Oldchippy.

Talkback: Making hawthorn ketchup

Posted: 16/11/2012 at 22:22
Hi Kate do you think this ketchup will catch on,
Oldchippy.

Talkback: Planting acorns

Posted: 26/10/2012 at 20:17
Sue10 I have a holme oak growing in a pot the roots have escape in to the ground ,I brought it with me 10 years ago before that it was in a deep pot for about 8 years from an acorn,They have long tap roots but you can grow them as bonsai tree, My tree is about 4 foot tall.

Oldchippy.

Talkback: Planting acorns

Posted: 26/10/2012 at 14:00
Hi Kate,I have a friendly Jay that has planted acorns in my garden,Left to there own devices I now have growing five 16 foot tall oak tree in the border,They could only have been there just over 9 years,So they must like my garden to have grown that big so quickly.

Oldchippy.

Talkback: Planting spring bulbs

Posted: 20/10/2012 at 21:27
My be with all this rain this year next year's daffodil's will have some flowers not like the display we had this year mostly blind.
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Discussions started by oldchippy

Talkback: Plants for shade

Just been down the garden pulling the forget me not's out that have gone over,giving my hand a work out after being in a splint for 5 weeks,... 
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Last Post: Yesterday at 12:50

Talkback: Wildflower lawns

My grass looks like your picture before Mrs Oldchippy cuts it as close as possible ,with two dog I keep telling her not to cut it to short, ... 
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Last Post: 15/06/2013 at 19:57

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: 10    Views: 234
Last Post: 30/05/2013 at 19:07

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: 37
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: 38
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: 75
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: 226
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: 220
Last Post: 26/04/2013 at 09:09

Talkback: Wintery weather

Hi James 4th April and still snowing here in Ewell. 
Replies: 8    Views: 178
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: 291
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: 108
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: 331
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: 454
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: 219
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: 159
Last Post: 11/02/2013 at 16:23
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