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dandelion) and don't add cooked food (attracts rats.) I don't put weedy stuff in the bin, or cooked food or meat scraps. Woody prunings take a long time, but you can help by cutting them small or shredding them. I put in general kitchen waste -veg peelings

...award yourself a Sir Smug medal!  I went out to my car earlier and the rain has made 5 million dandelions grow where my car is  Only 5 million Fairygirl! Maybe 6 million Tina... I think perhaps some people volunteered to be in the Home Guard just because

upto with my new allotment, mind boggling is an understatement! a few weeks ago it was a sorry sight, overgrown with brambles and mares tail weed roots everywhere as well as grass and a million dandelions, but after digging out, chopping and burning

pokervarious ground cover such as erigeron karavinskensis and ajuga reptans, anddark and yellow foliage And I didn't see the 'weedy' gardens! It probably doesn't come across on tv! Mind you I leave my dandelions in places- the bees love them and they survive

, and picked white berries (snow berries?) off the hedge as they made a satisfying 'pop!' under your shoe. Oh and we blew dandelion clock seeds all over the place. My poor mum has never held a grudge and now gives me plants and advice for my own garden. I did

as it was council land and as my neighbours are council tennants it was their responsibility.  Anyway, after that response last year I stopped mowing it, but the dandelions etc. are driving me nuts so yet again I'll start mowing it unless they do. Oooh I just saw a

. I just dislike all the slimy creatures that get to eat what I should be eating. I would not mind if just a little was eaten. It's a pity we cannot mark those designated for the slimy horrors. Some might think I´m crazy - but I love Dandelions

to put in ox-eye daisies.  And then there's the 'orchard', where I've put in some wildflower plugs, but which has a really good dandelion crop too. We're running a simple survey to find out which are the most popular wildlife friendly plants in gardens

feet and it definitely covered the ground. I only managed to remove a 2 gallon ucket of weeds from within it. Dandelions, goosegrass, groundsel, poppers, an annual grass and ragged robin, plus the usual for this garden Ash tree seedlings. tp name but a

and the newly planted leeks and broad bean plants water wise as well. Otherwise it is war on the dandelions and bindweed and gathering great bunches of lily of the valley and anemones for the house now that my beautiful Mother's Day flowers have wilted. Hope