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a picture but was to raining for it. this little fella last year..  he still managed to eat the sunflowers seeds thou. got this fella today..  these goldfinches visited me yesterday Oh how lucky you are! wintersong..first time i have ever had so

as many as I could find and given them a couple of soapy water sprays as well as spraying the other greenhouse plants. I think I'll leave the plants outside for a few days, we're due some more heavy rain which might wash any that I missed off the plants

, every other year. Thankfully, given the rain, this is an "off" year! We are already planning for 2008 - do come if you are in Yorkshire! We have over a dozen, sometimes more, gardens of all sizes. We manage to raise quite a bit of money for the Church

for several weeks now and were looked great when basking in the hot, bright sun. But the recent rains had started me wondering whether I should’ve planted moisture-lovers instead. But although I expected those osteospermums to flop and develop grey mould, they

rain, ok fine can handle that, but how can I combat ants (black and white ones, I think these are mini termites) that are killing my plants/roots? Also when I pull out the dead plants I find white round eggs all over. Where does that come from? Help

Chicken wire on pots stops my bulbs being dug up - lawns no idea. Would love to sort the problem out!!! They don't like chili powder. That's about all you can do really. It'll wash away every time it rains, but at least you can cover your tulips

hillside which has not changed nor has my garden.I am inclined to put the lack down to so much rain. I do not wish to labour this gruesome point but when was the last time you needed to clean your car bonnet after driving through the countryside.It seems

know their teeth are strong but this is ridiculous! One of them has also developed a wet weather strategy - when it's raining it gets inside the box (front and top are perspex) and props the lid on its head to keep dry while munching away.A huge roost

year using a hefty squirt of Fairy washing-up liquid in a bucket of lukewarm water. It does the job beautifully, inside and out, and although I generally rinse it off with clean water after the scrub, I don't really think it is necessary. The rain does

and go and see them see what they have growing in them. Hand made stoneware garden pots may initially seem expensive but they last much longer than the cheaper imports. I live in the Yorkshire Dales National park and we get lots of rain and frost I hope