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planted my first daffs yesterday. Fingers crossed and everything else they flower. By the sounds of it I've at least planted them at the right depth. Also planted crocus (mixed), but is it true the birds like the flowers, so have I wasted my time? I

as I am told that birds are not attracted to white flowers so the flower loss is less and the yield is higher. I wonder if someone could give me some advice I admit to knowing very little about gardening and am planning on creating a rockery area

load of plants. And a small tree. And some birds to visit my feeders! Santa?? Good gloves rings a bell with most gardeners. I was disappointed when the brand I had been using, which supplied a thorn proof green glove dropped it's quality possibly

Daffs.particularly the Tete Tete. I have not noticed Birds causing the damage. They are ruined and only in the rear garden.Thank you. New to this gardening.....did I read somewhere that once the daffodils have flowered when they are on the decline

with a house attached rather than the other way round. I am very pleased to say i have had many bees,butterflies,birds,ladybugs,spider's and many more insects in my garden this year i do keep old logs for insects to live and a wildlife area and i agree

Carthy: Have we learned nothing since 'Silent Spring'? - Nature Studies, Nature - The Independent http://ind.pn/eo6Q2e last summer i had bees nesting in my birdbox,my poor little birds were booted out by the bees who took over the box,we also had another 2

barren to me having garden all concreted over how about something for the birds and bees? Our lawn is over-shaded by a large spruce and the grass suffers. In Spring, beneath the branches, fungus appears in the lawn. It looks like half an egg shell, buried

- last year in the kitchen roof which was scary. Last year I had bumble bees nesting in one of my bird boxes which the blue tits had vacated Good to see the positive comments on wasps, I thought I might have stirred up a hornets' nest of disapproval

in my garden,foxgloves,ferns,a nettle patch and of course brambles, which I am using as protection for nesting birds,I had a nest of blue tits using this area to rear their young. Thanks Happymarion for encouraging me to see my garden in a different way

is promised for this weekend. We have had a lot of rain in Bristol and I have been busy picking up slugs and snails from the path and putting them in the hedge for the birds. The worms will be coming to the surface now which will be good news for the very