London (change)
Today 16°C / 10°C
Tomorrow 17°C / 6°C
Keywords Sort by


Talkback: Saving foxglove seeds

On 28/11/2011 in forum

the season after. I have several wonderful fox gloves which are just finishing flowering and I want to know how to collect the seeds and sow them for next year rather than let them self seed. Can anyone help please i love foxgloves they self seed everywhere


Talkback: Cats in the garden

On 23/07/2012 in forum

bit .at least i know my cat not going to bite anyone or bark at local kids playing or waking past she might chase the birds but she has her bell to warn other shes coming i have a allotment with tys for foxs pond for wildlife as well as my crops its


Talkback: Garden lowlife

On 28/11/2011 in forum

lots of wildlife about. In fact we have lost a pair of slippers and a walking boot to the foxes, a squirrel that can't keep his hand off our nuts! and a heron that visits from time to time and the usual birds I suppose also this is the time of year when


Talkback: Cuckoo spit

On 28/11/2011 in forum

,i have got much wildlife to ,frogs,toads,newts,to many birds to mension and a bliming bees-nest ...[tree bumble-bees],foxes,fox-cubs and monkjack deer,mice in shed,the list is endless but i love it all and the most wonderful thing is there is so much


Talkback: Sweetcorn crash

On 28/11/2011 in forum

He The 13 seedlings that survived went the allotment and produced some beautiful cobs, which we thoroughly enjoyed. I live down south so the summer wasn't all that bad. I lost all my sweetcorn to foxes and squirrels this year! Agree about planting seeds


Talkback: Those wasps are still going strong

On 28/11/2011 in forum

are all grown up now so it wasn't a danger to them. Yesterday when I went to check my compost bins I saw that the small entrance to the nest had been burrowed down by about a foot I can only asume it was the foxes that visit me every night. Reply to Faith


Talkback: Weeds and wildlife

On 28/11/2011 in forum

Cleavers is a weed (accidental), as is also the planted Fox and Cubs (big mistake) Richard - thank you. Sometimes the sight of a 'weed' growing in a wall or crack somewhere is the only thing that gets me through the day, knowing that, when we're finally


Talkback: Foxgloves

On 28/11/2011 in forum

from the garden into 2 lots. One lot I save and sow in the spring, the other lot I sow straight away. If it fails I've always the 2nd lot to fall back on. I have established fox gloves in pots - lots of leaves 10/12 inches tall. Do I plant them


Talkback: Apple harvest

On 28/11/2011 in forum

and birds spend hours biting through the stalks so that they drop and bruise. These apples are then eaten by the local foxes. Pity we never get an apple pie out of it! I live with people who have a tree with what they call 'ornamental crab apples


Talkback: Bulbs under attack

On 28/11/2011 in forum

and 'dissuaders' (chilli flakes, pepper, mothballs, dog etc) I've gone for the ultimate deterrent and have been picking them off with an airgun. The buzzards and foxes have been appreciative of the addition to their diets and some plants are actually now managing


131 to 140 of 205 results

Search time: 0.077 secs