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Talkback: Leatherjackets

cotton wool like substance - like candy floss. i raked the ground first and then re-seeded ground and covered with light covering of sand and soil. how can i tell if it is effective? will it effect new seed? should i buy some more in case? it had by pampam

14/05/2012 13:08:41

by Bridgid Hess

Talkback: Native plants for wildlife ponds

all very nice these native pond plants but where in east yorkshire can you find them, no one seems to stock them around here and i'm too old and disabled to go raking around in ditches!! rosad1 In ponds it is important to use native plants because by rosad1

24/06/2012 12:05:36

by FloBear

Eradicating ivy

's not just a cut to seperate, as it can heal itself., leave it to die off before pulling it away. It's less likely to pull out any mortar if it's dead. Just before spraying with round up etc, bash the leaves with rake, stick anything to bruise the leaves so by Abbie2

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04/04/2012 14:30:15

by alice42

Save my lawn

tomato ketchup in their food helps counter the scorching effect of urine. Failing that, wtaring the patch instantly to dilute it. However, as this is old damage, I would suggest raking the dead patches of grass, sprinkling on some lawn sand and a bit by Wilde

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24/06/2012 13:40:55

by obelixx

Overhanging laburnum tree

practice to rake up all fallen leaves in the autumn and compost them or make leafmould - I would do the same with the laburnum leaves or you could burn them or put them in your Local Authority brown bin if you prefer. The beautiful laburnum blossoms by Mandy Williams

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10/06/2012 10:06:38

by Mandy Williams

meadow plants

? Hi dobby, are you planning to plant into a grassed area or start from scratch on a patch of bare earth? If you're planting in grass, cut the grass as low as you can then rake it to create bare patches. It's best to sow yellow rattle seed onto by dobby2

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22/02/2012 15:19:26

by Kate Bradbury

Runner beans.

runner beans......deep trench and empty contents of my compost heap in and rake soil back. Get huge quantities of beans. Should work in containers .... Bigger the better with a wigwam of bamboo canes tied together very securely at the top and watered by cowslip2

19/08/2012 18:58:49

by Penninepetal

Honeysuckle mildew problem

plant is feeling unhappy though..... Think I may have found the problem of the unhappy plant - just went out side to take a look and rake up some leaves..... Discovered that the bark I had put round the base of the plant is absolutely rotten and full by yvette303

03/10/2012 16:34:41

by yvette303

Lawn maintainace

, rake, top dress, re-seed where bare and feed. I'm on sandy soil and could do these things when drier but clay won't dry out too quickly. So, relax the lawn will survive until the spring. Beat me to it Geoff. We posted same time. Thanks. You have by Pebble Garden

28/11/2012 16:00:48

by Pebble Garden

Pigeons

- it's more a case of flattened and muddy. When the ground is drier I'll give it a good raking over and if behaves the same as in previous years the grass will grow back fine. Janet I found that by using sunflower hearts rather than mixed seed by KenF

02/02/2013 17:22:01

by Dovefromabove

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