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Talkback: Sparrows in the garden
sparrers back. I saw hundreds feeding from the hands of delighted people in st jamses park in the 70s. Put up your sparrow towers and they will come! I've seen more birds in the garden this year than for many years. I have invested in a "Sonic Cat Scarer by john
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15/02/2012 19:00:28
by manchesterbird
Talkback: Cleavers
bursts forth rampantly over everything in the border, and as fast as you try to pull it out, it sticks to everything and breaks up into pieces. A pain, indeed.  Our cats get the seeds caught in their fur, causing tangles, (or helping to spread by christine morgan
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29/07/2012 11:56:30
by BrendaScott53
planting broad beans
in flower now, last week I sowed Bunyards Exhibition directly, but covered them with a cloche, as I read they rot if they get too wet, and with the weather as it is, I m pleased I did, I hope the cloche will keep mice off (or my cats will) and I have put by Colrice
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29/04/2012 22:00:56
by chas3
leeks
all drying off in the greenhouse, my cat Grendle is fast asleep on top of them. He's not the brightest of cats and im sure the bed is a bit lumpy. Planning to dig uo garlic fairly soon just waiting for a fine day. Do you remember them? by Moonlit Hare
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07/07/2012 10:53:30
by Maud is in the garden
Name !!!!
://apps.rhs.org.uk/rhsplantfinder/pfgenera.asp there was a rose called oscar levent but god knows if its still in cultivation Thank you Paul. just had a look at your link - very helpful. Thank you David i will persue your comment. Oscar was my beloved cat. (avatar)  He passed away in the summer of 2010 by Cia
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08/08/2012 15:07:15
by sotongeoff
Talkback: Evicting a rat
. Happymarion of course I wear gloves I am very safety-conscious! Many Sutter - can't you learn to love your mole? ;)Kate Since I moved the compost bin last autumn, we appear to have been rat-free. I've also toned down what I bung in there. The cats still manage by oldchippy
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07/01/2013 18:30:54
by flowering rose
composting
thinking Dove same goes for pet groomings, when I brush off the cat beds get lovely thick clumps of fur, I pull out of the brush and stuff it into the fence, it's usually gone in a day or so. Always put my dogs hair in the garden, birds seem to love by nightgarden
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08/03/2013 12:20:41
by nightgarden
Talkback: Healing herbs
antiseptic for those of us with sensitive skin or allergies. not keen on the camomile tea (smells like cat wee!) but it does work. When my children were small they often suffered with sore throats. I found that gargling with an infusion of sage leaves by bulgaria
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24/11/2011 15:30:01
by reillymarie
Talkback: Cleavers
.thanks for your tips they are very useful. my cats like to spread this around Regarding horse tail - I used to have this in my old garden and it gradually got weaker as I kept digging it out as far down as I could and I made sure none of the leaves (are by sheilabonney
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09/06/2012 18:28:50
by armeria
Talkback: How to make a mini-pond
pump, worked well when the sun was out but useless any other time, I had fish in this little pond but they succumed to cats and a rat, leaving the pond ransid so no more fish for me but I will continue with the water feature, for birds to drink from by catbells
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08/01/2012 23:09:14
by pansy2