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Talkback: Urban foxes

and exhausted vixen, but they became the enemy in vegetable garden, playing in the beds and breaking onion and potato plants. Neither the electronic device nor spraying dented their enthusiasm for our garden. The first time I ever saw a fox I must have been by Dragonfly

28/11/2011 18:41:30

by annar

Talkback: Feeding garden birds in winter

the feeders come easter, then hopefully ill see my flock of greenfinches in the summer as well as stripping the sunflowers in the winter. I provide water, lard, porridge oats and dried fruit; Niger seeds, crushed peanuts, cooked potato, chips, sausages, (but by Lanaeve

28/11/2011 18:41:34

by luke

Talkback: Signs of spring

usual with most hedgerows displaying them in full bloom. Seed potatoes going in tomorrow (Jersey Royals) and rhubarb unfurling leaves. Feels hopeful despite returning to very cold temps. today. My bulbs are just showing through but my neighbour has by Flowers

28/11/2011 18:43:02

by green fingers

Talkback: Bees and bee flies

and weekends, though I probably won't make it as far as Bristol. We had a 'Potato Day' up here in Yorkshire last month. I have a hive in my field where a local bee keeper keeps his bees. I don't have to do anything except thank him for some honey each autumn by happymarion

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28/11/2011 18:43:21

by Farm Bees

Talkback: Biodiversity at the Malvern Show

lunch after doing some biodiversity gardening(planting sugar peas between my rows of potatoes), lesson no.2. We lost our elm trees to the elm tree beetle because they were all of the same species. Last year in Bristol, many Robinia "Freesia" trees died by Wildman of Pershore

28/11/2011 18:43:36

by happymarion

Talkback: Garden birds, squirrels and fruit crops

take cuttings from a honeysuckle? A big bowlful of lovely yellow plums this morning when i went up the garden for potatoes, beans, peas, curly lettuce, tomatoes and spring onions. The birds do not seem to notice these plums as they are very like by judith

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16/05/2012 22:28:04

by Ken 2

Talkback: Ornamental veg

quite fresh there till I used it. Borage brightens up my potato patch and I have been known to put sweet peas in among my runner beans. I think sweetcorn looks very smart as a plant. I am just starting to create a garden at my new house and I was told by abbed

28/11/2011 18:44:00

by simondragon

Talkback: Nature in the garden

to protecting plants from rabbits, pigeons etc but this really has had me beaten, plastic or clay pots from now on. I've never seen blackbirds in such large numbers as I have this past year. They had a field day with my no dig potatoes in spring. No matter how by rogerT2

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19/03/2012 20:45:57

by DAT

Talkback: Making leaf mould

during the winter months for soup or stew and served with dumplings, not at all like the english variety these are big made from bread of potato and are very filling. Although I would not trust my own judgement to pick the correct fungi on an early by James Bond

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07/12/2011 14:41:38

by Kate Bradbury

Talkback: Emptying the compost bin

to plant left over seed potatoes in one of my larger compost bays, using well rotted manure through straw and hemp. Fingers crossed. Thanks for your comments.@oldchippy - so that's where he is! I hope you're looking after him. He can get quite aggressive by oldchippy

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08/06/2012 14:06:52

by peteballan

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