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in some secluded bank or hedge and make her nest away from any more human interference.At home the cats were molesting something in the long grass around the pond. A small toad was marching up the garden. We sometimes find them hiding under the sandpit

) and cat wrangling (definitely) have their enthusiasts, but there's something about plants that makes people bubble and froth with excitement. This can be lost on a great deal of the population who can't understand what all the fuss is about. To those of us

tends to ruin anything it is planted with, particularly the pink Ribes sanguineum. This is another large shrub which may not be perfect (apart from anything its leaves smell of cat pee) but the poor thing is completely ruined when teamed with a forsythia

, the wonder and excitement of garden wildlife. You really do not know what to expect next. Maybe it will be a grass snake after all. Of course, there was the time that polecat ferret looked in at the cat flap…

reflective scarers? Getting a cat ... no that’s really going too far, and Magic (our dog) is not going to share the sofa (or my lap) with anyone.Have you experienced this problem and found a solution? You know where to leave your comments.

the hours of darkness or when you are at work: never at the weekends.May your bindweed throttle itself.May your neighbour's cat be less generous with its toilette.May all your trees grow straight and true.May all your post-digging back aches disappear after

. Ross's interest began when his mum bought a bromeliad and gave him the task of watering it; Elaine discovered gardening by being wheeled around in her granddad's wheelbarrow and Cat buried a mouldy tomato in a pot of soil and ended up (miraculously

architects who smother and pollute those remaining bits of well-drained soil with the likes of cherry laurel and plush mown lawn.The new housing developments in south-east England remind me of Anville, the uniform town that is the home of The Cat in the Hat

over the hedgehog to make it feel secure. Offer your orphan some water and meat-based dog or cat food (not bread and milk, as this can make them ill). If the hedgehog doesn’t take the food or is injured, call the British Hedgehog Preservation Society

of milk and bread (which can dehydrate and kill hedgehogs), feed them cat or dog food, unsalted peanuts, sunflower hearts, dried meal worms or sultanas. Feed them every night until they no longer take the food, by which time it is safe to assume they have