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A stylish raised bed is easy to build and can transform a dull corner of your garden into an attractive feature. Taking just a couple of weekends to complete this project, you'll soon be enjoying the benefits of gardening, without backpain too

of the rest of the time they try to get away from the water, which attracts herons and other predators, so the last thing they want is to be dumped back in it at some inappropriate time of the year.The dried out wrinkly skin is fine too. It's their normal

the wiser.I only get pigeons regularly visiting my garden. Last winter I made efforts to entice smaller, hungrier birds, and managed to attract a desperate pair of wagtails, a blackbird, a robin and a blue tit. They disappeared as soon as the ice thawed

to visit.The pigeons are chased away, a blue tit darts in and out before it gets noticed, the robin has given up completely and a poor, female blackbird (who really should be attracting more attention from him at this time of year) is shooed off every time

of dead foliage makes it even better, as it attracts other creatures eaten by frogs, such as slugs, snails and beetles.Seemingly, my grow bag habitat is so good, the frogs still haven't emerged. They're awake now (I checked), and I can hear them thumping

x 8cm.Snowdrop, Galanthus nivalisThe deep green foliage and attractive flowers of Climbing beans make them ideal for growing in ornamental borders. They take up little space, as they can be grown up a trellis or bean poles, reaching a height