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pruning has to be done in the Autumn. Last year I had drama with a bee's nest in my ground that got half dug up by foxes and then overtaken by a Cuckoo bee, I found the queen crawling away with her wings bitten off and the resulting nest died out a few

the compost bins.  We have foxes too.      And slow worms, here in the compost bin. Amazing steephill! Gorgeous photos Kate Bats too! Although I practically X-rayed this poor bat with the flash. Not easy trying to photograph bats at night in the rain

in the top and it gets taken down the holes to the bottom. Never seen them out during the day and the hedgehog food is still there in the morning if the foxes don't get it (know it's the foxes 'cos they leave a little thank you gift!). Poison

holes when the ground is covered! My resident fox is a great help too. If I ever see a bare patch I rush to plant something in it because I have never forgotten the stench from the dead rat I had once under the floor boards. I recently had a field

there are foxes in the woodland nearby. I wondered if I could ask a garden/chicken question? Our lawn really needs some attention. I'd like to feed it and also apply some lawn weedkiller but I'm guessing the products will be toxic to chickens? Does anyone know

poisonous rhubarb leaves!Thanks, people - it was the question that foxed all the local gardeners' group and our experts at Tuesday's "GQT" session. Argh! I've just found a load of aphids on my chillies in the greenhouse.  I've taken them out, squished

but will it burn/effect the lawn?The foxes who liked to dig for the worms that would come to the surface after the lawn had had a good hosing have responded very well to a sonic type machine that emits very high frequency bleeps. However, it doesn't seem

loosing to ants or greenfly, otherwise coolrats breaks my heart, you have no soul, rats are people too and arnt half as numerous as you fear, if your that serious (you who hates rats) foxes are 50 times the rat and 200 times more common and active

the rest), and the next morning empty the dead slugs out of it, replacing the beer. Do be aware that foxes love the beer though, I have several visit me each night, 2 are hand fed, although they scatter if anyone else goes near them.... but they dig up

pigeons to your garden? We also have foxes who catch baby herring gulls occasionally which helps to keep them in check too. It's just the circle of life isn't it? In the leafy edge of sarf west London I often see sparra'hawks circling way up in the sky