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Down The Toilet

I should have known better than to flush my wooden shoes down the toilet. It's clogged, now.....

How Do I ...

... make a hole in wood bigger? Our hedgehog feeding station is made of some sort of wood (don’t know what sort) but the hedgehogs are getting a bit fat (and presumably will only get fatter) and...

Smowball

She Didn’T Make It...

Am absolutely devastated....

follyfancier

I saw what I thought was a bumble bee but when I got a closer look it was completely black and much larger, about 2 inch Google search suggests Carpenter Bee but those pictures don,t look like what I...

ImLostAgain

Wild Flower

I was out walking in the countryside yesterday and noticed some tiny blue flowers growing in the scrub grass on the edges of the tracks. They were just above ground level. A little further back they...

spathiphyllum

Name For A Female Owl

Any ideas for a name for a female owl? Anyone who says Luna is confirmed, basic...

Chipchopper

Hazel Dormouse

I have a range of bird nesting box's and a hedgehog box but this coming year, I'm going to install some dormice boxes to try to encourage into my garden which borders onto woodland. Any tips on...

Tilly2

Wasps And Garden Furniture.

Does anyone know why my teak garden furniture is so irresistible to wasps? They seem to love walking up and down the staves of the chairs. They don't bother with the table, just the chairs.

interele

Birds Walking

This is a really off beat question, but here goes! Why do some birds bob their head when they walk and some don't. Stupid question, I know, but it's bugged me for ages ! M...

jennyjoan

Grass Seed

I mowed my (it is very small) garden on Monday - there have been loads of small patches (bald) where the grass seed is not "taking". Over the last couple of weeks I have introducted top soil and grass...

Giggsie

Hanging Baskets & Tubs

Gardeners big argument next door ...how many plants do you put maximum in a 12 “ basket or tub. He must have at least 15 plants in .....to me far far too much. He says will have better baskets...

malagabob

Sad Footage

Springwatch. Footage of greater Spotted Woodpecker turning cannibal. Plucking chicks from a nest to feed to its own chicks. Swallow chicks dying in the nest due to cold n wet weather.

marval

Seafood

People often ask me whether I enjoy working with seafood. I tell them it is good fun but I am rather accident prawn. I lied to my friends and told them I had created a life-size replica of Jackie Chan...

Chipchopper

Time To Go...

I threw out my old vacuum cleaner today.......well it was only collecting dust!...

waterboatman

Good Morning Early Birds!

Monday. I reckon this might be the wettest June on record! We're only a third of the way through it. More rain predicted for today. I hope it's dry Friday, the hospice Summer Walk is on, it would be a...

murraymints

Happy Birthday Rowanwitch

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZ0N3TIYuwo&t=96s MANY MANY HAPPIES DEAREST FRIEND XX...

rkp52

Garden Sieve

I am looking for a garden sieve that has holes more than an inch big . Any suggestions where I can buy one.

maggiebee

Ill?

It's not a hangover, it's wine flu.

crapmemory

Plant

Hi all, I know there are some gardeners among you so perhaps you can help me? I have bought a lovely pot for my garden and I would like a flowering plant to go in it. I would prefer somethng that has...

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