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Cuckoos

On 02/09/2011 in Wildlife

to find out what happens to cuckoos when they leave the UK, to see if that could shed any light on their decline. We know they go to Africa, but little is know about how they get there and what they get up to once they have arrived. Researchers have tagged


Help wildlife survive winter

On 11/11/2011 in Plant features: Wildlife

britishhedgehogs.org.uk for further information on how to help them.HedgehogsInsects readily hibernate in gardens. Bumblebees dig holes in the ground or rest in leaf litter, butterflies sleep in garages, sheds and between folds of curtains. Wasps, ladybirds


What to do with soil that's got coal in it

On 30/08/2012 in forum

Hi - just recently had the patio removed and discovered underneath it are wall foundations of an old building, which I think might have been a coal shed at some point because my beautiful soil has lots of tiny bits of coal and coal dust in it. I


What a difference a day makes.......

On 29/09/2012 in forum

) area of the garden. Here is where a set of steps will lead up onto the top level, where a shed with a lean to greenhouse is to be built, along with decking and pergola.  Hope that makes sense. Do you think this will work? Any other suggestions on what


All I want for Christmas is...

On 10/12/2012 in forum

bought some duck food from our local pet shop, Mr Mallard is my pic Someone to help me move and repair my garden shed would be lovely thank you santa Artjak - there is method in the lilac one- when the men of the street are after wheelbarrows for heavy


Ooh I love a bargain!

On 30/12/2012 in forum

://www.mr-fothergills.co.uk/ If you have any seeds you want to swap join in the seed swap thread we all like swapping seed there and even cuttings of plants http://www.gardenersworld.com/forum/the-potting-shed/seed-swap/64712.html  I like the plants that are sold off  in supermarkets


Snowdrops

On 24/01/2013 in forum

want them. My main problem is digging them up inadvertently when gardening later in the year.  I keep them (and all the other bulbs that get dug up) in the shed until November/December when I sort them by shape and pot them up in my unheated greenhouse


Side of House

On 04/02/2013 in forum

of the shed.  That area is damp & the grass is dreadful, the area is about 6-8' in depth.  Had thought of putting down weed mat under the chips or slates & planting the shrub(s) through that.  Or plant the shrub(s) first?? The soil is probably fairly compacted


Continuation of slugs

On 09/02/2013 in forum

raised beds trying to get to them before they mate as advised, i will post the results later in the year as same as everybody else we had millions and im not kidding when we took the allotment there was a shed door left flat on the grass when i lifted


1st Early potatoes

On 10/02/2013 in forum

's sheltered so a late frost doesn't seem to touch them, brother puts his out in March,  he might get his first crop a week or two earlier than mine but can spend a couple of weeks bringing then in and out of shed. Last year the first spuds were ready end


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