Dies anyone who keeps fish in a garden pond know of a solution to algae problems? I have tried several different so-called cures, but none seems to do what it says on the bottle. At the moment my pond...
Just went to Tesco and they had 500g of Beef skirt for £2.50 (on offer)
What shall i do with it ? Caserole in the slow cooker ? chuck it on the barbie ?
Suggestions welcome....
Ok, so what are you having? We popped the cork on a bottle of Adeletto prosseco earlier (currently on offer at the co op and very, very nice) and I'm about to go and slave in the kitchen and rustle up...
I have managed to germinate 5 lemon trees from pips They are about 4 - 5 inches and are on the (sunny) window ledge in my spare room. I have added a plant food plug and water every few days What else...
Can anyone recommend any nice friendly helpful sites please, I just seem to find the ones who want to sell you stuff. I bought a 'Ceanothus Impressus Victoria' today and would like know something...
Looking for recommendations for a destination in the South of England for 6 friends to meet up for a night or possibly 2 over a weekend in the Autumn. I looked at Bath but that seems pricey to stay in...
I work as a head gardener for a local authority and i use free labour in the form of volunteers, community payback and work experience. However, the subject of a CRB check has cropped up. I work with...
I have two large wrought iron basket type troughs, fixed to the wall below two downstairs windows. They are currently completely empty of both flowers and compost. They are about 3'6" long by 12", and...
Can anyone suggest why cherry trees that are in excess of 30 years old should start to die slowly, or where I could look for informed advice ? Death appears to move from the upper part of the trunk...
Just found hundreds of minuet yellow spiders with a black spot on them, they are on a recently bought plant. Any ideas as to that they are? Are they good guys or bad guys?
A cuppla nights ago - I went to go out the back and as I stepped down the step I inadvertently farted and it was a gulga of a one. Next thing my neighbour who was out smoking started to cough and...
I have been told that a cup of Cocoa or Ovaltine just before retiring
for the night helps one sleep.
Other people swear by a glass of milk.
Any preferences & why?...
i have befriended a Carion Crow at work. I usually give him a handfull of fishfood....carp pellets which he loves. However, it would seem he needs more. Today, he came in our hut at work looking for...
With our police not interested in bank fraud or shoplifting – hit and run now appears another ‘crime’ which is beyond their remit. This Telegraph article is well worth a read – the police are...
Ok, 16 year old daughter, fit, healthy, hard working, about 2 months ago suddenly, after eating dinner (Birds eye cod in breadcrumbs), was violently sick with diarrhea....virtually no warning. This...
Hi I am going to be moving house in the next 4 weeks, I have got a Wisteria,the main stem is about 12 years old, about 6 years ago we needed to move the plant which at the time was in a pot but wasnot...
I went to my brother's new home in Ramsgate and saw a beautiful plant in his garden, but no-one knows the name of it. I've looked on Google through hundreds of garden plants to no avail, I will try to...
I've reached 'that age' where I look forward to gardening programs Whenever Alan Titchmarch plants stuff from pots he loosens up the root ball, however when Monty Dom does it he just plops it in as...
Listening to factoids on radio two, it was stated that bees can't see the colour red, they see it as black.
This got me thinking, why are so many flowers red, if the bees can't see them ?...