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and sour-tasting berries. This latter is the more famous tree, however, because (as every schoolchild knows) it provides about the only food that a silkworm will tolerate. The grubs feed on the mulberry leaves before wrapping themselves into cocoons made

wherever I look it will be easy to find. Those paper wrapped packages can, however, turn into a terrible tangle if you pull the wrong end or they get too wet, so I put them in old coffee tins with holes drilled in their lids. The loose end protrudes and any

orange logs stacked roughly against the fence and found these termites. These are a major nuisance in the southern USA and we regularly saw whole houses wrapped up in plastic sheeting whilst the termites eating them away were gassed.With them was a lovely

The last few days before Christmas have different effects on different people. Some are smugly satisfied as all presents have been bought and wrapped, turkeys and other Christmassy foods have been ordered and it is their sister’s turn to entertain

, as paths and steps will be covered with ice and very slippery. Don’t go out unless you really need to, and only then when wrapped-up warm and wearing boots with the best grip possible.Bird baths will be frozen solid, so if you can melt the ice and replenish

Over the past few weeks we have been wrapped up in a flurry of tree planting. It is the very tail end of the planting season and, as I am mostly pretty disorganised, things that should have been done earlier in the season are being done now

less-hardy restios during cold spells. Wrap plants with a layer of horticultural fleece or cover the crown with a deep layer of mulch.How to grow restiosLearn more about restiosSee the RHS guide to cultivating restiosTrevena Cross Nurseries have over 50

crops and bedding plants cleared and composted, and soil roughly turned to incorporate manure. Then there’s fruit pruning to be done, but that’s a job to tackle with some winter sun on your back. Yes, November’s a busy month, so I’m wrapping up warm

certainly in trouble and will need help. Pick the hedgehog up using an old towel or a pair of thick gardening gloves. Keep it warm by placing it on a hot water bottle wrapped in a towel, in a high-sided box lined with newspaper, and then place another towel

For Christmas this year, all my friends and relatives will be receiving bird boxes. I’ve developed something of an obsession with DIY bird boxes, and currently have a pile of them in my front room, waiting to be wrapped in festive paper. I feel like