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load of top soil to put behind the wall shown here. The garden isn't really as bare as it appears. Current other projects include, these steps and wall. Extending the two wildlife areas. ( 1st photo from last summer) Veg plot last year. And I

Well we are in JUly.. and the summer is not here.. i have day lillies with buds on now for 3 weeks and still not opened..fear they will just die as buds if we dont get some sun soone. I've got some Roses blooming, but they're ones that were alreeady in the garden, so no idea on n...

I have always believed that ANY company can make a mistake, we are "all" human. I Believe the way it is Rectified is the way to judge that same Company. I have now Stopped using Thompson and Morgan due to their totall lack of responce to a problem with an order that I placed with...

My greenhouse tomatoes, which were doing well, are now suffering. This started off in the form of curling leaves, which then developed mottled brown patches and are now turning yellow. Some of the yellow leaves are becoming floppy and mould like in small patches. This is working ...

himself! I'm a young(ish) gardener and have only been interested in gardening for the last three years or so, no-one else in my family or friends enjoys gardening so when I need help or advice I rely on tv shows like gardener's world or this forum

too. It's probably time I changed my chicken's fluffy bottom for something else   Er... did some little shy person just whisper something Becks I'm quite jokey  and I like wildlife  and we've got pigeons in our garden  (one less since the peregrine

Birds not only use water to drink, but they also bathe in it, helping them fluff up their feathers to insulate themselves against the cold. Experts have also found that clean birds are more streamlined, so can escape from predators quickly. Our bird bath is elevated, which will o...

A friend of mine recently found a juvenile hedgehog. It was curled in a ball in the middle of the road, with cars whizzing past. Had my friend not been in the right place at the right time, this young hoglet would almost certainly have met a sticky

sitting in their centrally heated kitchens, but since it is part of the natural order, wildlife ought to be expected to cope with it each year. However, it is the false start, which is perhaps the most dangerous weather phenomenon. The biological clock

For Christmas this year, all my friends and relatives will be receiving bird boxes. I’ve developed something of an obsession with DIY bird boxes, and currently have a pile of them in my front room, waiting to be wrapped in festive paper. I feel like