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, chaffinches, thrush,fieldfare, siskins, woodpeckers, robins. My neighbour had a goldcrest and a friend sent me lovely photos of a woodcock in her snowy garden.Margaret, Cardross I answered the call to feed the birds and went and bought three different feeders

it in warm soapy water etc but it's not easy, particularly if it's been raining a lot.In spite of keeping my own containers clean I had a dunnock in my garden which clearly had avian pox. I live in Merseyside which the RSPB said was the most northerly report

. Gardener's Delight pretty good too. And Black Krim, picked before it gets squishy, has a lovely crunchy, sweet-saltiness. But if you're only choosing one, my vote goes for Sungold x Roma are pretty good. Grew Costeluto Fiorentino last year - good flavour

, bits of fleece etc beautifully woven together. The storks in The balconies in Hong Kong build their nests of nothing but street detritus and as they are very wide they use plastic bags a lot. That is such a wonderful story. Thank you for sharing

on the balcony and from there onto the rooftop of our building, which is horseshoe shaped, if i had a garden i still would let them out alone cos of all the cars and nasty cat haters. our neighourhood has dozens of posters at anytime of missing cats

I went to the hardware shop today and asked for a new fork handle and he gave me 4 candles why is this? Was it the same shop that sold you letter O's when you wanted garden 'ose? It was the same shop, but I just thought that that time he was trying

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