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Talkback: Controlling slugs and snails with copper

of pruners!).heres a good article with some other ideas to help the fight...http://www.thechilliking.com/slugs-snails/ I have a tip to share with gardeners. I know it works. My garden is in the NGS yellow book and it is a wildlife friendly. We do not use by glenysbright

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02/07/2012 11:33:04

by Bookertoo

Sparrowhawk dilemma

's no nice way to do this, you are upsetting the balance of nature by feeding the birds in the first place. I've swapped my bird tables for nesting boxes and organic gardening so I can still enjoy the wildlife without too much interfering. Perhaps, phase out by jean riley

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21/06/2012 19:29:13

by LORELEI

Talkback: Compost heaps and wildlife

it a poke! I didn't know about yellow slugs, Kate, and it's great news, so thanks. Is there any significance in other slug colours? I wish I had your friendly attitude to creepy crawlies - so far worms are the only ones I've learned to like, and even by BeeOrchid

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28/11/2011 18:44:08

by Kate Bradbury

Talkback: Mouse in the compost bin

tip. The box was empty. The rest of my family was greatly relieved not to see either scurrying rats or me chasing after them. Poppy - sorry to hear about your rat. My mum always jokes that despite all my efforts to make her garden a wildlife haven, all by Agatha

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26/02/2012 16:55:50

by BrendaScott53

Talkback: Frogs, frogspawn, slugs and cats

this? I would really like some frogs or spawn for my pond I'm not sure ifI'm too late to get some spawn...does anyone know if i am ? I have successfully reared some tadpoles, rescued from a friends pond - she has fish and they always seem to eat by Marigold

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06/03/2012 19:34:01

by barbara bradford

Talkback: More seed sowing

still enjoy the show it just needs a bit of tweeking. As a beginner at 23 years (kid or not? unsure) I'm finding the website and show very 'user' friendly. I can understand why established gardeners might be frustrated, but the previous format was very by Lynn Drakelands

28/11/2011 18:38:37

by paul

Talkback: Perfect hostas

.pesthelp.co.uk have currently sold out! I use crushed egg shells or crushed seashells around my hostas and this really works..Of coarse wash the shells first. I was given two hostas by a friend of my mother's a couple of year's ago. They were badly eaten by slugs. Re by lorrie-koolkats

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28/11/2011 18:38:40

by jenjon

Talkback: Urban foxes

if the neighbour didnt put the cat food in a dogs bowl for them people feed birds i see no reason not to feed Foxes they have a hard life although fox's are lovely to look at, I am glad that I haven't got one in my garden, after one chewed the legs off my friends by ruffled_feathers

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28/11/2011 18:40:54

by Foxy_Bird

Talkback: Ant attack

pyrethrum) which locally clears the ants rapidly. As a bonus we now don't have Vine Weevil!! It clears them also. My garden is mostly organic/wildlife but yes the ants seem to be takeing overthis year.They have inhabited my compost bins so i will have by Jan

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28/11/2011 18:29:44

by Ali Fisher

Talkback: Wood chip paths

natural in gardens & look lovely, I have tried using them myself but I have a problem as I am visited every night by 4 legged bulldozers in the shape of badgers. Being a wildlife enthusiast I tolerate them but my bark paths have been virtually destroyed by Sarah from St. George's School Gardening Club

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15/03/2012 18:19:13

by sammy :)

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