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, as they're only an annual flower. However, some varieties do set seed, so leave the flower heads to form seeds, and use these to feed the birds. i never had any peppers from my pepper plants this year. i have grown them indoors on a warm windowsill

worms, also that seed can be found under the bird feeders and they understand OFF when I catch them on the borders where I don't want them, they do push their luck sometimes and go back on as soon as you turn your back but another OFF and they behave

now . iwas repotting my grape vines in one i found about 50 vine weevle grubs.i picked them out by hand washed roots then put in fresh compost then took great plesure feeding grubs to birds ,hope this dosent make me a bad person ,can any one tell me

a few raspberry and blueberry bushes that are doing very well...it's my first attempt at growing them and all the bushes are full of berries. Is it true that I must not pick the fruit the first year? Surely if I don't pick it then the birds will

of excellent, if small, local nurseries run by plant addicts. Where the rare and unusual are the norm and prices don't break the bank...well not totally! The large yellow flowers on my tree peony and the prolific single yellow roses on my "Canary Bird" shrub

to freshly picked ones. So jc, the nets are to keep the birds off?I didn't have trouble with this last year (first year of growing) but I DID have trouble with my little dog gnashing a bite out of each fruit on each plant once hubby had shown her how tasty

to birds, foxes, dogs, cats, cars and, sadly, pedestrians, treading them underfoot because they do not appreciate what gentle giant beasts they are. We have a pair of pheasants living in our garden. They are wonderful to watch, but they are eating my

't on the same page as this blog. Tonight's episode - Friday 23rd April - just closed with the presenter telling viewers to "feed juicy fat caterpillars to the birds". Way to go. Even my 12 year-old daughter caught it for what it was and said "did he *really

these men telling us what to do, or rather over-dressed dolly birds!The only interesting woman gardener/presenter I saw, was marvellous! Slightly fat, middle-aged and wearing glasses! She was REAL- (a friend of Alan Titchmarsh) - unfortunately don't know her

-4 inches deep for birds to bathe and drink from. Our pond is now 3 years old, and although we have koi and gold fish, there are also a large number of invertabrates living in the water, sheltering between the plants.We have included a water fall in the pond