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wondering how other people got rid of the grass did you dig it over or use rotavotor ant advice please many thanks If its grass, I sprayed mine, then roughly dug it over to get rid of the couch grass etc, then rotivated it. Then on half dug in loads

, and my brain just could not cope with the notion that a woodpecker could be up there.I now know (I've looked it up in books) that these glorious birds are after insects in the turf, as well as dead wood, and that ants are a firm favourite. So I

pests out there which we, in Britain, will never have to deal with in our gardens.For example in Trinidad there is a large ant (about 1cm long) called a bachak that will (along with a few hundred friends) quickly demolish a garden. They even eat onions

have quite heavy infestations. The tips of affected plants are usually covered with the little blighters, which are carefully tended to by a handful of busy ants. The ants 'farm' the aphids for their sweet, sugary secretions, called honeydew. They push

frog?  What else could it be?  I don't think it is ants as it's too big and hasn't left an ant hill.  Any ideas gratefully received.  I won't damage it, I'm just curious.  Thanks.   Frogs can certainly make a sort of "cave" in soft soil when it's hot

I planted a peony about ten years ago now and it STILL refuses to flower fully. Two years ago it finally got a couple of buds for which i had great hopes but alas the ants made a meal of them and they ended up sticky and didn't open.I talked sternly

well will the surplus store? whoops 'who's' not 'whose' Are the scab infected Charlottes edible? I have ants in my compost . How do i get them to go . LOTS AND LOTS OF ANTS. HELP PLEASE. have been travelling around in Herts and Kent and noticed lots

rain, ok fine can handle that, but how can I combat ants (black and white ones, I think these are mini termites) that are killing my plants/roots? Also when I pull out the dead plants I find white round eggs all over. Where does that come from? Help

the compost wet. I have mice, and ants, which seem to live semi-pemanently in my Dalek compost bins. I'm not aware that they cause any problems. By digging little burrows through the compost, I assume that they help to aerate it. The bins are actually

, secured against ants with mosquito netting.I built my own flower pot bumblebee nest a while ago. More tips about increasing the chances of having a thriving bumblebee family move in, see http://www