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water feature the birds love this.           Here is my cat enjoying the last of the evening sunshine sitting underneath the Acer.  The garden is very scented which the bees love and we have had blackbirds nesting in the Ivy two years running

in an airtight tin. Especially as I collect a lot of seed and it may not be quite dry enough to store. Damp seeds rot easily if airtight. I check viability of old seed by dropping in a small amount of water, those that sink are viable, those that float have had

their fly stalking and scuttle off into the rosemary or lavender.  Late afternoon the swallows swoop down low,  then, just on the verge of stalling, scoop up beakfulls of water from the swimming pool. Then they sit on the ridge of roof preening and fluffing

so they tend to break down. Every 4 inches (100 millimetres) I add a sprinkle of compost accelerator, from any garden shop. If it is looking very dry I sprinkle a bit of water. Some Starbucks will give you spent coffee grounds to add; this I believe

netting before you plant. Another thing to think about is how deep behind the  face of the bank is the water eroding?  18 barrowloads is a lot of landslip.  I agree with Welshonion that some sort of engineering solution might be sensible.   I think advice

to be planted out but there are still frosts, you have to keep them in the greenhouse, re-pot them, feed and water them and they take up room. You can start off seeds on windowsills indoors too, either in a tray with a clear plastic cover or pots with plastic

freely? As regards you main point try raking it out or digging it in first-is this going to be a replacement lawn? -your post is not quite clear It is going to be a brand new lawn. It does retain a lot of water so i was going to put a lot of new soil

've learned loads on this forum. Good luck with yours. Mine are also budding, in the unheated conservatory. Thanks for the advice , Lyn - I've taken them out of the propagator now. I think that would be best Jean, water may drip from the lid and you need

a huge difference, now I've got a couple of heated propagators and a little greenhouse heater in there as well.I also got a small water butt and hooked it up to the guttering on the bigger one, so there's water on tap all the time.I do love them, I

. Is there some way that I should be preparing the soil for them? We do have a lot of pigeons around here, but they mostly feed from what is dropped on the ground from the bird feeders; about 25metres from the veg beds. Use decent soil or compost,water well before