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What can I plant in allotment

It's only our second year (and last year was a bit rushed) what should we be preparing or planting around now? Just done some horseradish & weeding today (1st visit since winter came) Any tips...

scrumpy78

please can someone tell me when to cut back my clematis and boston ivy? i have been growing them for 2 years, and have never pruned them coz i dont know what i'm doing! clematis flowers in summer, do...

Min1

roses

I have several roses that are in very poor weak condition, any idea's on how to improve them, marion

pantolady

religious official in ancient rome

what is the five letter word of a religious official in ancient rome whose job it was to interpret the natural signs in order to foretell if the gods where pleased or displeased by a proposed course...

lizwizz

How can I get more birds in my garden.

I only get the really common birds in my garden. I put out fat cake and nuts, but if I put different kinds of seed out, would I see a bigger variety?

rogerthomas

What are the circles?

If anyone has google Earth, navigate to the following co-ordinates: 33deg 06'26.14 N 102deg 17'47.50 W Zoom into about 10 miles. Can anyone tell me what all the circles are.

JoeyB

Mower won't go

I have cleaned out the Carb,seems ok.It fires up and chugs then stops.I can hear it popping back through the air filter.It then bangs and flames come out the exhaust.Could it be the spark plug.It...

rabbits

make a word

Can anyon make a word from these letters. Been looking at it all day....no luck! NLHEIETTIS

rainingfire4

20 Owls Together

Recently when I was walking in the woods in Upstate NY, about 20 Great Horned Owls flew from a medium-sized pine tree. Is this normal for them to be with so many other owls?

CiderMonkey

plant that like cold

I'd like to get a fairly large pot plant for our porch but it gets quite cold in there. Any ideas of something that would do well in there?

ploughman

The testing of Eric Olthwaite

I found last weeks ripping yarn 'The testing of Eric Olthwaite' rather offensive to those of us who appreciate a really well made spade. I myself have a Spear & Jackson Neverbend No 2 which has...

ianess

Milk in polythene bags?

With some politician making noises once again about "saving" the British pint of milk when almost everyone buys it in litres these days, does anyone else remember an attempt to replace bottled milk by...

pignpog

1970's cartoon- 'It's the wool-uff!!'

I know someone will know this.... There used to be a cartoon, with a big hairy dog, which carried a crook, standing watch for a little lamb...... catchphrase 'It's the wool-uff, It's the wool-uff' I...

Holbeckian

Name for spawning fish.....?

What word describes a fish (e.g. Salmon) swimming up a river to spawn?

joko

london road with a mystery 'the' at the beginning -why?

why are some london roads given the 'honour' of being called the kings road, the portobello road etc these roads don't have the on the signs, so why? other roads all over the country don't have this -...

logman

emadale

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 !

melanieevans

Drill through tiles to hang items

How do I drill through tiles? my parents have just moved and need me to put up some shelving and storage racks in their bathroom and kitchen which are both tiled and I have no idea what I need to do...

Bigpub

Knotweed

Has anybody got any information on how to eradicte Japanese knotweed. Is there a web page that i can go to.

lisabeard

garden waste

I have recently bought a house with a very large garden. We have managed to clear most of it as it was very over grown. At the end of the garden it seems that the world and his wife have used it as a...

tali122

tarantula baby kill

ive heard that tarantulas kill 99.9% of their babies - is this true?

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