i have ordered two compost bins from my council today they are selling them cheap so i thought i may as well get some benefit from my council tax!!! can you compost banana skins?? anyone with any tips...
I'm off to a wild west murder mystery party next week and need to make myself an ankle length skirt as worn by women in those days. I've bought 3 metres of material, some elastic (for the waist) and...
Hi AB'ers Its that time of the year again soon -Wooden handled garden tools whats the best protection for the blade (metal) and wood handle, would in be 3 in 1 oil for the blade then put in a plastic...
i found i tiny black snake with an orange band around its neck any one have any idea what type of snake it was and wherre or not i should leave it in my garden?
I had a new fence fitted today and, despite me asking him not to, the guy ripped out all my clematis, at soil level. Will they grow back? Is it worth me trying to replant what he has pulled out? I'm...
Hi there. We have recently had an open fire put in. Can anyone tell me the best way to start a fire and keep it going (initial efforts have been pretty poor!) Thanks in advance. GBI
I saw a Golden Pheasant at the weekend in the North East of Scotland (Banffshire Coast). Wow! Spectacular looking creature. First time I've seen one on these in my 42 years. How rare a sighting was...
My nan has daffoldiles planted on her lawn in a border aaround a tree... she planted them there a few years ago but havent bloomed ever again... when she dug them up she said they were rotted......
Spring is finally on its way at last - the birds are busy flitting about & the daff's are opening. Just wondering whether anyone's started on their spring cleaning or junk clearing the house yet?...
When should I plant my (saved ) cherry tomato seeds? I don't have a greenhouse, will germinate in the house, and put in a little plastic greenhouse thing for a while before planting on into grow bags....
I planted mine, eventually, in December! What do you think are my chances of them flowering this year? I just kept forgetting they were in the drawer! Anyone cut their grass yet? Can you make water...
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 am looking for a small Postbox either in plastic or wood or any light robust material Preferably with a Christmas theme approx a metre high. any suggestions would be appreciated