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Talkback: Algae in the garden
barren to me having garden all concreted over how about something for the birds and bees? Our lawn is over-shaded by a large spruce and the grass suffers. In Spring, beneath the branches, fungus appears in the lawn. It looks like half an egg shell, buried by matt
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28/11/2011 18:43:07
by James
Talkback: Wasps
- last year in the kitchen roof which was scary. Last year I had bumble bees nesting in one of my bird boxes which the blue tits had vacated Good to see the positive comments on wasps, I thought I might have stirred up a hornets' nest of disapproval by mmfp
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24/02/2012 23:08:05
by Pestsurrey
Talkback: Wilding the Chelsea Flower Show
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 by Wildman of Pershore
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28/11/2011 18:43:38
by Milo de Paor
Talkback: Growing veg in containers - garden pests
is promised for this weekend. We have had a lot of rain in Bristol and I have been busy picking up slugs and snails from the path and putting them in the hedge for the birds. The worms will be coming to the surface now which will be good news for the very by Jane
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28/11/2011 18:43:46
by tillymint21
Talkback: Leaf scorch
do the same as happymarion, I water all my plants from below and have some standing in trays in the greenhouse. I do damp down the greenhouse in the early morning which seems to help. I don't seem to have many birds at the moment in the garden, have by Stonehenge
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28/11/2011 18:44:04
by Pippa
Talkback: Hybrid musk roses
colour, the scent is gorgeous without being overpowering, it repeats, the insects love it and, if it gets greenfly, the little birds (sparrows particularly) are very quick to clean it up for me. What more could I want? Well, a bit more black spot by sandra
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28/11/2011 18:44:11
by Anonymous
Talkback: Garden photography
such as one with 6 great tits and blue tits all hanging off the little bird feeder at a time, just lovely. I visited Beth Chattos garden during the summer and took over 100 photos. I have managed to sort them into a more managable 80-100 of the best. I have by galadradrial
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28/11/2011 18:44:23
by higgy50
Talkback: Collecting fallen leaves
left some small ones on for the birds, and then when they are eaten I can cut up some of the stored ones. Blackbirds, fieldfares, thrushes and maybe the odd redwing love them. I've often thought of collecting leaves from the road side as we get huge by James Bond
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06/01/2012 21:48:13
by Newcastle
Talkback: Toad tadpoles
-friend-in-weed-is-a-friend-indeed/ We have a beautiful pond that we have kept natural for the wildlife, we have foxes badgers and all manor of birds. We had literally thousands of what I thought was frog tadpoles but from your description they are more likely to be Toads. I will watch by oldchippy
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24/05/2012 22:26:32
by ess
Quick Growing Hedge/Conifers?
for yews. much more class than leylandi, easier to shape slower growing and birds like it. by Cleo38
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09/03/2012 19:29:54
by metasequoia