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Q. What do you call a spider egg in a Christmas cracker?A. Lost All our spiders seem to have run for the bathoom vents and are now having a Christmas party in the house. I am not keen on spiders but even I haven't the heart to throw them out

an extra one or two - designing my new potager now i have lots of ideas from Joy Larkcom's book on Creative Vegetable gardening and clearing the site for it as the landscapers have promised to come round soon. I saw them over Christmas as I took three

This year (2012) we have cut down drastically on the amount of coffee we drink which means that I have had much less spent coffee grinds for use in the compost bin etc.  So, for Christmas, my hubby has arranged that I can take spent coffee grinds

stuff - well lilac  My Daughters to bring their Christmas present plants to me before they are on life support machines discussing whether to switch it off or not."Oh" take it to dad he will have it back in no time, then it is the major operation

You can't beat a real Christmas tree, but fallen needles and bare branches don't look particularly festive. Find out how to avoid Christmas tree needle drop, below.Christmas treeChristmas tree clampBucketSawSecateursDecemberWhen buying the tree

The crab apple, Malus'Golden Hornet', is loaded every year with small, amber-yellow fruit. By Christmas many have fallen to the ground, though the branches are still decked with copious amounts of fruit. They are decorative and versatile, and ideal

to prolong the life of our tree since Christmas is still 10 days away. Thank you for your time. A few drops of bleach in the water is reckoned to work

I think i am going to follow in your footsteps and grow my own christams dinner for 2010. Just got my new allotment, cant wait to get on it! :) Merry Christmas I went down to our allotment today to get greens and swedes, and the brassicas are a

Brilliant Kate. I have solitary Bee hotels but never from a Christmas tree.Julian We were given a blow-up Christmas tree by a friend who didn't have enough puff to blow it up any more. So we think this is very green, even though it is a bit phallic

Hello Gil, First of all have a look at Rachel de Thame's video guide on caring for azaleas given as gifts at Christmas. The video focuses on wintertime and you'll need to do a few more things the rest of the year to give your azalea the best chance