Today I decided to buy my mother some beautiful violas for mothers day, the varieties were- coconut swirl and orange duo and a verbena for the centres, I started to wonder how I was going to handle...
Just a quick one for anyone whose interested. Part of my daily duties is patrolling rivers, ponds, lakes and streams, an enviable task in fine weather but not so much when its rough! This morning I...
As an impressionable boy, I grew up believing the "myth"I had been told, that frogs could hop on the back of fish, (if no mate could be found) and strangle the life out of it, in later years I...
I've seen adverts in news papers and magazines for solar powered fountains for garden ponds, not sure how effective they are ? but if they do work well then great, no messing with cables around the...
Hi all, Due to a recent bereavement,the rest of my family and I, have been looking into the possibilities of scattering my late Fathers Ashes in an area of newly planted woodland. He loved the...
Some things I'd like to know about this snake:- Do they really taste like chicken ? If so is it offered in resturants ? Can some people handle them without being bitten ? Do they have any natural...
Hi guys, A couple of weeks ago i tried some differant types of wildbird food ie thistle seed in the garden to try and increase the differant species of birds comming in, up til now the only kind of...
I have a lovely Eucryphia 'Nymansay' which is growing well in my garden, and is now in its 3rd year since planting. What i really want to know is WHEN is it likely to produce flowers ? I first saw...
I always thought steph looked like Norman Bates dressed as his mother but that creepy looking brother of hers, Terrence is the most scary looking mother i've ever seen !
Hi, I've been suffering from ligament strains to my elbow and now to the back of my knee (lef leg left side) How can i stop it and stop it reocurrimg. Thanks..
I'am always on the look out for plants that provide good ground-cover and clump- forming habits, to cut down on hoing and weeding etc. A while back, came acoss a plant in an old gardening book called...