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Talkback: Blackbirds and blackberries

I say let the birds eat the berries. Birds add so much to the garden. In fact I think I'll grow some blackberries just for the birds next year in my garden. This year has been great for young ones in my garden ive had sparrows,blue tits,great tits by Grannyanne

28/11/2011 18:36:44

by derek211244@talktalk

Talkback: How to make compost

walked also over the area - what is the best way to deal with this earth so that I can look forward to growing vegetables there soon? I cannot afford a great expense. You can put crab apples in your compost but it would be better to let the birds eat by meg.hopkins@yah

18/12/2011 20:27:12

by oldchippy

Talkback: Ladybirds

the ladybirds a home last winter paid off on the allotment. We had an abundance of lady birds and lady bird larvae. I made some staging out of some old wood and there they where, snuggled down in the grooves.I plan to do the same thing for them every year by Dre

28/11/2011 18:37:34

by Dragonfly

Talkback: Moths and caterpillars

their ability to disguise thmeselves too. So clever!Kate Hi Kate,with out bird's bee's and bug's our garden's would be just wild space's with nothing growing and not much to look at,It is up to us gardener's to teach people how to look after our environment by oldchippy

29/12/2011 08:30:08

by Kate Bradbury

sunflowers

about disturbing the roots with sunflowers. The birds sow the flippin things ALL over my garden - I just pull them up & transplant them to where I want them. The birds are very good at sowing my sunflowers for me, some of the resulting flowerheads have by john greenfield

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11/03/2012 00:51:52

by Diggetty

What Hedge to plant ??

need to keep it trimmed or it grows very thick very quickly - blossoms in spring for nectar, berries in autumn for bird food and thorns all year to make it a safe haven for small birds hodong from predators and keep unwanted people out of the garden by Nick Hays

08/10/2012 21:58:06

by obelixx

rat

we have got seed and fat balls out for the birds and we have a number of regular visitors feeding, also a couple of squirrels which we dont mind but lately we have noticed a brown rat, about the size of a small guinea pig darting in and out amongst by summerpots

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05/01/2013 05:43:13

by Dovefromabove

Why are blackbirds digging the garden

In all the years I have been gardening and feeding birds this is the first year that the blackbirds have decided to dig up everything in sight. The garden looks a complete mess after a couple of days, bark mulch all over the paths, bulbs and plants by Jobird

25/01/2013 16:55:07

by flowering rose

Eaten snowdrops

All my snowdrop petals have been eaten. Would this be slugs and snails? Shouldn't they be hibernating at this time of year? Have they been eaten or are they still lying there. Birds sometimes just peck flowers off and leave them. Doubt slugs by Caroline6

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17/02/2013 16:34:17

by Sue Thomas

Strelitzia Reginae help

pots, but I'm running out of room. Is there any way to restrict their growth? Can they be root pruned? Any one else suffered this? Hi Paradise Birdy, Bird of Paradise plants (Strelitzia reginae) do form a mass of thick, fleshy roots, which gradually by Paradise birdy

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27/02/2012 15:15:44

by pam fox

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