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Talkback: My garden pond

larger pond in another site in garden so don't know whether or not to keep damaged one and re-do or just carefully empty it all and fill in the hole? I know this is something I need to do too. We had so many newts in the pond over the summer that I am by Gerry

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28/11/2011 18:30:25

by sue

Talkback: Snakes in the grass

worked for 15 minutes to carefully cut it free and it slithered away towards our 4 compost heaps where it is probably living. I have a pond but lost all my goldfish, someone said it could have been the grass snake, could that be true? You are quite by D.Foster

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28/11/2011 18:38:57

by MikeyC

'weeds' at Chelsea

, supposedly. I am torn as to whether I love my plants or my birds, hedgehogs and so on more! And I wouldn't mind a mole or two. (better be careful what I wish for,huh?) I suppose all our cultivated garden plants were wild flowers or weeds at some point by Loraine Kelly

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02/06/2012 00:33:00

by organiclinda

Ornamental grasses

completely 'opposite' parts of the garden? My only thoughts are that you do have to be careful as to which grasses you use as some are extremely invasive! I did inherit an ornamental grass with the garden and although I've dug out all the large clumps I by christopher2

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31/07/2012 20:50:19

by christopher2

Old Aquarium Water Garden

, please, are the following points... Suitability of aquarium in the first place.Substrate options. Species that are the best to use - clearly the point here is to encourage as much wildlife as possible so presumeably natives are the best option by Dibbler

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25/04/2012 20:47:34

by Dibbler

Talkback: Feeding garden birds in winter

That's some image, Pippa - birds in home-knitted socks! But I do agree we need to take care of the birds. They are the gardener's best friends. My garlic will be sown in pots, which i will do at the kitchen table, covered with plastic. Needs must by Lanaeve

28/11/2011 18:41:34

by luke

Coverage of Hampton Court Flower Show

there is to know about planting for wildlife. Glad Sarah Raven was mentioned on last night's programme, she has done great work in promoting pollinating plants and raising awareness, but I will say the RHS have been very slow to catch up and are only recently by Lowenna

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13/07/2012 17:49:23

by lovetogarden

Talkback: Ivy

remains of cut ivy when a mature tree covered in it is a magnet for wildlife of all kinds I find Ivy to be incredibly beautiful. If you try and imagine a world without it, it is quite hard (churchyards, crumbling low walls, covered treestumps). We have a by Anne Wareham

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28/11/2011 18:44:12

by elsie123

Talkback: Hedgehogs in the garden

as many as we can and the state some of them arrive in is pitiful. Much of it is down to human activity which is completely at odds with what our wildlife needs.Anyone who is interested in these animals can find a vast amount of information about them by Liz Ward

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28/01/2012 00:43:37

by HOLEDIGGER

The wrong kind of birds

empathy here... Lunarz - I, too, try to encourage wildlife into the garden: bug boxes for the winter, nesting boxes (sadly unused this year) for the small birds, ivy retained for insects and small birds (wrens especially like the habitat) and careful by Shrinking Violet

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14/05/2012 21:57:01

by Cetti

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