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working alone. As well as cautious humans removing them from allotment sheds, the nests are also prone to flooding, mould and disturbance from predators. The queen will have to look elsewhere for another suitable site. With luck she will now find a hollow

that didn't have to be removed were left in place; although few remain, their stumps and fallen logs are still present in the gardens and the rotting subterranean timber is still feeding the stag beetle larvae.The target of the cat's interest and the pig

offspring of the hemerocallis gall midge. So, very sadly, I had to remove all the infected buds from my daylilies, to try and break the cycle. I've got a couple of good flowers on H. 'Bela Lugosi', but not a sausage on H. 'Stafford'.That is probably enough

had removed most of one finger as nesting material.It may be time to go through my collection, chuck out the ones that are full of holes or have lost their partners, and maybe mosey on down to the garden centre to search again for the perfect glove.

was that hand pruning removed many small, weak shoots — shoots which wouldn't have been pruned away by the hedgecutter. Left in place, these small sheets each produce a few leaves. These leaves produce more food — through the process of photosynthesis

. To revive the plant remove it from the pot, cut it in half and turn the outside edges so that they face inwards then replant in the pot with a bit of fresh compost. So simple.The general rule is that early-flowering plants should be divided in the autumn

wildflowers. This simple idea will hopefully help bring colour to unsightly corners of towns and cities, and encourage wildlife into them, too.My family joined me at the show for a couple of days, with Danielle and Luke helping backstage as we hastily removed

It's that time of year again when sitting on the sofa with a cup of tea and a seed catalogue is much more inviting than going outside and cleaning the greenhouse, raking up leaves or - as I found last Sunday - removing diseased, mummified plums from

My first job when I moved into my flat last August was to remove the paving stones in the back yard. Now, after five months of having a building site for a garden, I have bought myself some Christmas topsoil, and I'm itching to get seed sowing

. And yet it is precisely this shelter which is most in danger of being tidied away, cut down, mulched, shredded, composted or otherwise removed to make way for next year's grand displays.If you want wildlife to feel at home in your garden, let it make a