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to plant that would provide enough of a deterrent/barrier whilst still letting light through. Other suggestion is to build a sort of 'window box' along the top of the wall, but again, what to plant it with? Any ideas/suggestions would be gratefully received

!!!  Germination rates can decrease with age and it depends also where they have been stored. Many garden centres have their seeds for sale in greenhouse type buildings so that cannot be good for them even when fresh. I believe some seeds were found inside some

circulating around some ivy in my own garden:  They were not swarming, but nest building, in a hole in a wall behind the ivy. Hi Because we have hives we are often called to check out a swarm in someones's bird box or compost heap but to date they have all

material piled on top and around, to give the entrances some seclusion, and also to insulate them. Insulation is particularly important for a Winter home. .... building a compost heap on top would make it really warm. Thanks Gary but I've already got a

will be formidable.The way the package that I had represented plants was very poor. It was systematic. Vague coloured blobs were all it offered. You could not for example, supply a real photo of each plant, and let the package use that to build its image. The way

once a week on a Saturday morning as I'm cleaning up and it does get a bit of condenstion in there when we are cooking, the kitchen leads straight on to it with no door so there's always a bit of steam build up! Burghill ~ the pod has started splitting

the contents of the compost heap and planted. If I live long enough I'll get round the whole garden Hi Verdun. today i moved a large fern, i hope to build a stumpery, i also aim to incorporate a small pond. i have also widened a boarder, i realise now that i

the Americans call it."Leaching is a beneficial technique for washing excess salts and fertilizers from the soil of potted plants. When you apply fertilizer repeatedly to potted plants, salts from the fertilizer build up in the soil and can burn plant roots. You

. The reviews (in general) are a feature of the site that a lot of us have not been using. We can put any of our own observations on here, about any particular plants that we grow, and build up a knowledge base about all these plants. 'My Reviews' does seem

on the old BBC forum about 2.5 years ago when we moved into a new build with 15 x 15 meter north facing back garden. I was advised to make a sun chart.  I got a piece of A4 paper drew boxes about 2" square in 4 columns with little gaps below each box