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Talkback: Winter Wonderland

tidy in one of my borders and disturbed lots of fat emerald green caterpillars, that the local blackbird promply gobbled up. If those squishy bugs can survive -7 and more for weeks on end, Im sure some of my plants will survive. Probably the Verbascum by Adam Pasco

28/11/2011 18:42:46

by Thomasina18

Talkback: Making leaf mould

your wife doesn’t value biodiversity. I bet she likes feeding the birds though. One of the reasons sparrows and song thrushes are declining is a loss of natural food for their young. Birds visit feeders themselves, but nearly always feed caterpillars by James Bond

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07/12/2011 14:41:38

by Kate Bradbury

Nettles

are essential for many of our most popular butterflies to breed - the Peacock, Red Admiral, Comma, and Small Tortoiseshell. Therefore no nettles means none of those butterflies.The caterpillars of those butterflies also provide food for birds, so in that sense by Cranesbill

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12/06/2012 22:36:25

by obelixx

Talkback: Wasp alert

when we grew our first cabbages last year and the butterflies used them as a nursery, i didn't mind too much as there was enough to share. im not sure that my neighbours felt the same though. i saw for the first time ever a wasp carry off a caterpillar by Kathleen Marley

28/11/2011 18:29:42

by Liz

Talkback: First butterflies of the year

soon. the top picture is of a male Orange Tip. Reply to Grannyanne and MaryFour British butterflies are adult during winter: brimstone, comma, small tortoiseshell and peacock. All other species pass the winter as egg, caterpillar or chrysalis. Older by C Pattinson

28/11/2011 18:38:33

by jjMichael

Talkback: Companion plants

in gardening eh! DeniseHard to tell without seeing the little worms but they could be nematodes or caterpillars. I'd suggest you keep checking and remove any little critters you find. Look out especially for slugs - they love lettuce. But most of all, please by Vida

28/11/2011 18:38:45

by kerys welsh

New veg grower and advice needed pls

at this time of year tends to be bulkier foods and not lush tender things all sparkly and inviting to wildlife. The bane of my french beans is black fly, my brassicas always get mullered by caterpillars or pigeons, the birds shred my beetroot leaves to pieces by Bettyslad

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16/04/2012 21:38:25

by Wintersong

Nettles

pulling them up. Are they really such a nuisance? Many butterfly caterpillars, particularly the peacock butterfly Whoops, some thing went wrong there, got cut off! What also wanted to say was, perhaps you could just leave one or two plants for them? Hi by Bunny..

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27/02/2013 22:33:07

by Bunny..

Talkback: New Zealand flatworms

plants world wide that we would love, are they worth it at the sacrifice of our own nartural plants... Sorry meant oak killing caterpillar that are the most toxic, though they do turn into moths, of course. Hii have confirmed flatworms in my garden by gailms

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19/05/2012 23:04:54

by round.head

Talkback: Ant attack

't cause to much of a problem in my garden. The ones I get are red ants, and I was worried about them at first, until I saw them attacking the caterpillars that seem to destroy some of our plants every year, and pulling them apart. The plants have done by Jan

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28/11/2011 18:29:44

by Ali Fisher

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