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Talkback: An orgy of ants

eat slugs ! Yes, I have a childhood memory of swifts and ants standing in my parents garden. The houses and gardens were built on the top of a ridge so away below were fields and meadow. Suddenly an ants nest went 'critical' and out swarmed all by hereisabee

24/04/2012 10:13:11

by Mary6

how to cultivate moss where there is grass

. I wouldn't bother looking on t'internet, you'll get lots of different opinions, probably most of them conflicting. Poor, wet, ill-drained soil. You will not find it easy to combine these conditions with a wild flower meadow. One or the other. damp by C15.52

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14/06/2012 13:49:33

by C15.52

Community Orchard

). The underplanting would be meadow plants - predominantly wild flowers, with long-season colour interest. The whole would belong to the whole village, and would attract wildlife, especially bees and other pollinators. Now, here's the challenge: the County Council by Shrinking Violet

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17/04/2012 17:49:20

by Shrinking Violet

Cowslips in July ????

flower normally grows in water meadow type fields.Yours could well be a late Primula Florindae a giant cowslip which grows and flowers in summer, (what summer you may ask).Primula comes in many shapes and forms a lot of them yellow and you can tell by Linda Taylor2

14/07/2012 18:49:20

by Bookertoo

manure

. The descendants of the worms from that are still thriving in my bins! Great, thanks for the help. Hi, as I have said in previous replies please be very careful of where you get your horse manure some horse owners sprayed their fields and meadows with a weed killer by nightgarden

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24/02/2013 19:45:17

by nightgarden

can i plant sprouting doffidil bulbs now?

waterside meadows and need plenty of moisture at their roots. Do not cut the leaves off and do not plait or tie them up. They'll flower well the following year or I'm a Dutch person Plant them, feed them and just let them grow. They prob will flower by elin reeve

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13/03/2013 20:38:30

by Verdun

Fritillary (Snakes Head)!!!!

in the flood plains in Oxford, so I know they love the moisture.The reason for planting in a pot is that I have not prepared the natural flower bed for them, I have also planted a flower meadow mat (with seeds sewn into squares on the mat). Due to ill health I by Terry 2

09/04/2013 17:44:43

by Terry 2

weedkiller

Has anyone used Wilko concetrated weedkiller? It does not say in instructions how long berore you can plant after using, or if you can replant,i want to use it on an area covered in ground elder, then hope to re seed with meadow grass. Any advice by Aliesh

14/04/2013 16:46:36

by Gold1locks

Germination of some wildflowers

I have sown some corncockle seeds several times in different locations this spring and they have failed to germinate! The catalogue labelled them as 'easy'... what am I doing wrong? The same also for meadow cranesbill. Any advice gratefully by Outdoor girl

15/04/2013 21:15:55

by hollie hock

Help please - what can I plant?

weeds away to plus they will come back next season even better hope this helps. If the soil is poor why not try some wild flower plants such as you would find in the wild flower meadows. Try an annual seed mix for quick results this year and add plug by lesleyw

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23/03/2012 02:23:19

by Alex aloo

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