Dug over a bed a few weeks ago an unearthed a couple of snails which were yellowish/orangey in colour with brown bands round their shells. Never seen them before or since. Does anyone know the type? I...
This year we seem to be suffering a plague of slugs. Every night the patio is covered with dozens of them. It is doing Mrs Heep's head in and the constant moaning mine too! Does any one know of a sure...
I've just noticed an unusual plant growing through my neighbour's hedge into my garden. I've not seen it before and they went on holiday earlier in the year to Tibet. I'm wondering if they brought...
Can anyone tell me what this is please? I have just adopted it from next doors empty garden. [IMG]http://i59.tinypic.com/dztnrs.jpg[/IMG] and just in case that will not work......
Laura and her friend Andrea are discussing marriage... 'I'm so thrilled your boyfriend finally proposed last night', Laura smiles. 'I just wish my other half would make an honest woman of me'. 'Well...
I have moved to a new house. In the main part of the existing lawn there is a round area which has stones loosely laying in it, I think it probably had a bird bath sitting in the middle which has been...
We have a small pond in out garden. It is about 6ft by 3ft (tapering to about 1.5ft at the other end). It is mostly about 10" - 12" deep with a deeper patch that is about 18" to 20". Are there any...
Whilst in a bit of a hurry in the supermarket, I picked up a micro-waveable container of what I assumed was Swed and potato mash. It was only when I got home that I realized that I'd picked up sweet...
Iv'e put fence posts but originally they were used to support new trees, and my husband acquired them (legally) now he wants to use them to support the soil at the back of a border, laying them...
In school I wanted to join the debating team… but someone talked me out of it. I went to the garden center today and bought a Christmas tree. The assistant asked me, “Will you be putting that up...
Hi, I have moved to a new house which has a large garden with lots of flower beds, trees and bushes. It is really a wild garden but I would like to plant my own flowers/bushes or whatever that can...
I most certainly won't be walking alone through any flats in the nearby future now.
Going out now more Bbq's, pub crawls and food festivals. have a great monday everyone. Shudder....
Just like to say I bought a large blue flowering clematis two years ago,the first year it had 4 blooms i cut it back as instructed but the next year only one bloom,I decided to just leave it and see...
I planted a teeny forsythia bush last spring - barely more than a few twigs, and it didn't even flower. This year it flowered but the few branches that it had have grown really long and straggly and...
The blackbirds who tap on the window for currants etc, have brought their offspring in this morning. Just the one, but he/she is bigger than the parents. It hasn't the nerve yet to come on the sill,...
