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. One arrived on its own and so far three have been feeding regularly with my robin, pair of blackbirds, pair of bramblings, three bluetits and one chaffinch. I have erected a birdbox and their are lots of hedges and a spinney in my garden so I hope

this before and no one knew then either. I have always shredded everthing except bramble, so i dont know the answer, i just felt i had to reply as you are a newbie and it probably seems like you are being ignored!. I did some research into this and no

but how hard is this to achieve?  2. The grass is not a nice lawn, its wild patchy grass. What can be done about this? 3. The ivy and weeds! What is the best way of removing these.  Help me please!      It's not THAT bad - I have rampant brambles in my

but never breath a word about their vigour. In the Elizabethan days, Raspberries were the woodland bramble and Blackberries were the fruit of cultivation. How things have changed but at least Blackberries can be contained since they root from their tips

survived it - so far  Did intend to use today to test out my new gauntlets by waging war on the brambles, but my blasted ME is playing up, and I've had pain in my hips all day, so only gardening I've done all day is plant up my little plantlets

the feeding after the breeding season? Any act of gardening 'disturbs' the balance of nature. Nature would like my garden to be entirely brambles and nettles, etc. Interference is 'necessary', I suppose. Don't really want to stop feeding them as the r

forest, thats not how trees work. open grond is colonised by all sorts of seedlings then the small short lived trees (birch) grow quickly - and kill off the brambles and such. Meanwhile the little oaks seedling has been bideing its time and growing

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

consists of a few small trees and large shrubs and which is in full sun all winter but gets shaded by foliage in summer.   There are proper bluebells in tehse wods too and wild daffs.  later the ground is covered with ferns and brambles. A trawl through all

, plus some non fruiting brambles. It has little for me or the wildlife.  Or maybe more sitting and looking at the good bits Oh so many things! I want to create a 'secret garden'. I have the space in mind and lots of 'hard landscaping