Just returned from a weekend in Brighton and was fascinated by the rituals of starlings over the West Pier. They fly in amazing formations for almost an hour before roosting in the broken down pier....
My Dad's cordyline has been affected by the recent frost (we live in Scotland). It has gone from purple to green & the spikes are quite floppy now. I live in same town with roughly the same garden...
I first saw them in a department store a couple of years ago when only one was sold - now this year the shops can't keep pace with the demand and they're flying out the doors...!! Definitely not for...
In the last month or so, tiny flies, the size of gnats, have been congregating around my windows. I thought at first this was something to do with one of my houseplants, that perhaps it had developed...
Would terapins living wild in ponds prey on ducklings etc. I saw some terrapins once apparently wild in a botanical garden in scotland . You would have thought it was too cold for them in winter.
Can anybody explain to me what purpose slugs serve to nature? For example worms have a purpose they let soil breathe, and spiders of course keep flies down etc.... I find them totally repulsive and...
I need to prepare my Gunnera ready for winter to protect it from the frost. Do I cut the cone shaped 'flowers' off before covering it with its leaves or do I leave them until next spring?
the tips of the leaves on my yukka plant are going brown, don't over water them, about 1 every 2 weeks in winter & mist occasionally - someone suggested that! hasn't solved the problem though -...
If you had an alien encounter, anything from seeing a UFO to actually being kidnapped by aliens, would you tell anyone or would you keep it to yourself?