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Greenhouse
mine, no electrics down there, & dont fancy freestanding parrafin types. A good wrapping with bubble wrap in the autumn will keep things warmer, but not warm, than no insulation. Being short & accident prone I dont even try to do the roof. I also put a by bunnysgarden
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02/02/2013 17:56:38
by bunnysgarden
Talkback: Wildlife-friendly plants
and late aconitums and my 5 pallet insect hotel stuffed with layers of straw, hay, pine cones, hollow canes and holey bricks and with a sedum and house leek roof garden had them  speechless with wonder. We also have trees, shrubs, log piles and an unlined by kaycurtis
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11/05/2012 06:12:08
by Gary Hobson
Talkback: Wasp alert
that they are extremely efficient hunters of garden pests we just kept an eye on the situation and made ourselves aware of any wasp bikes we could find. Later on in the season, when the wasps start becoming a nuisance, and become aggressive, we tend to become less by Kathleen Marley
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28/11/2011 18:29:42
by Liz
Talkback: Growing Russian vine
house which, instead of a wall, has blue metal roofing panels for a fence. It is about 15 feet high and 25 feet long and very metal and very blue.. in fact it looks like a shipping container has landed in my garden... However, it makes our small garden by donutsmrs
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22/05/2012 22:37:03
by blairs
Talkback: Wet weather and wildlife
brown butterflies are Gate keeper's,Quite a lot in the park in the long grass,Still haven't seen any Hedgehog's can't remember the last live one I saw.I have only seen one bat all year so far.Lots of bees in the garden.Old chippy. Interesting to consider by oldchippy
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08/08/2012 10:52:16
by Dovefromabove
Talkback: Big Garden Birdwatch 2009
in the garden. They used to nest in the flat roof space above our kitchen, but last year suddenly stopped. Instead of the numbers exceeding 20 at one time, we are down to about 8.ould the roof space have beome to contaminated with constant use? We can't get by anne
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28/11/2011 18:37:50
by jewelry making
Talkback: Evicting a rat
Hi Kate when I cut the borders in the mainly glass area of our back garden I stacked the turf face to face back to back against the fence with my compost bins in front.The local Rat found a great place to live with food on the door step,every time I by oldchippy
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07/01/2013 18:30:54
by flowering rose
Talkback: Homes for Wildlife
Do you now where I can buy sedum matting I want it for the roof of our shed? I love this shield bugs too. And so do the kids. They are easy to catch without damaging them (!) and they crawl up jumpers slowly enough not to worry them. I read the item by brian mathews
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28/11/2011 18:30:59
by marjorie
Talkback: Great spotted woodpeckers
hanging from the 'roof' around one of my bird tables (there to prevent woodpigeons from vacuuming up in ten minutes a day's food for dozens of small birds) to gather a whole peanut each time UpdateSaw it, today, Sunday. At the end of the garden to put my by Banjo Longbody
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28/11/2011 18:40:02
by Richard Jones
FIR TREE PRUNING and shaping, or not???
Hi, We have a few fir trees in the back garden and the front which are too tall and stopping light.  We had a 'tree surgeon' call to give an estimate for cutting these trees. (ouch)!   Anyway, I was concerned that the trees would end up looking ugly by Jots Smythe
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05/11/2012 09:42:22
by nutcutlet