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Spider Repellent

Has anybody bought a plug-in spider repellent that actually works? I am finding on average one gigantic spider a day in my flat. I really don't like them and have to perform a spider hunt every night...

Jemisa

Magpies

We've got a couple of pairs of Magpies living v/close, the noise they make is unbelievable and (you won't believe this) my cat is terrified of them. They tease her, they swoop down and almost cackle...

grange

Deer in the garden

Deer keep getting in our garden and vandalising it. I can't work out how they're getting in. 6ft high very prickly thick hedge all down one side and a 7ft fence at the bottom. High fence between us...

Marijn

Squirrel repellent

How can you repel squirrells from eating your rafters? Is there a spray or a technique, rather than having to be physically present to shoo it away? Thank you

paufor

rat problem

Having trouble at the moment with young rats coming into the garden. Have stopped feeding the birds, cleared up everything. We back looks onto a nature reserve with the beck (stream) running through....

supermick

Cats

How can I keep cats from digging and fouling in my flower beds? Have tried sprays from hardware shop. No good.

sag

algae in garden pond

Does anybody out there have any good suggestions to rid my pond of algae? I've plenty of plant covering but each summer the algae appears in large quantities. I use a filtration pump (not with a UV...

dothawkes31

neighbours dog continual barking when on it's own.

Next door moved in in October with 2 big dogs, one of them barks all day when they are out and my son works late shifts into the early hours and so sleeps in till early afternoon. I'm on my day off...

ellydjones

ants

Ants cover eavery square inch of my garden. I even have small anthills appearing in my lawn. Any suggestions on how to get rid or at least reduce the infestation please? I have tried every killer...

the old mill

Garden Questions.

TV garden make-over show presented by Alan Titchmarsh. ( ??o?n?e-??r?e)

Alliegid

Beetroots - help needed!

I was given some beetroot plugs that I have transplanted into a trough in my yard weeks ago. They are looking very healthy and bushy, but now I look at them closely I realise that there were 3 plants...

NikJak

can I rent out part of my garden as an allotment

My in-laws dug up 1/3 of my garden for an allotment and have now got bored of it. I just don't have time sadly to tend it but wondered if could rent it out locally. Are there any rules and regs about...

puma86

For the love of ........................ where do these people come from???????

Morning everyone :o) http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/oxfordshire/8261287.stm...

optomist

fox deterrent

Has anyone a simple answer to keeping foxes off a fairly small patch. I'm fussing because it is my verge in full view and I like to keep it 'nice' . Thanks

KAZ

How can you stop spiders coming into your house?

Please!!!!!!!!!!!! They seem to be everywhere at the moment! I HATE them!!!!!!! EEERRRGGGHHHHH!

Llamatron

Is there such a thing as spider repellant?

I have a small fear of the little bu@@ers, I'll catch any eight legged house invaders in a jug and chuck em out in the garden but any sudden movement and I'm up on a chair quaking. My new place has a...

violaine

Spider repellent

My friend, who has is scared of spiders, says she thinks there is a kind of spider repellent that can keep them away, but I don't think there is such a thing. Can anyone provide any further...

fender62

pest shield ? and mice

has anyone tried one of those pest shield devices that plugs in your wall socket and supposedly drives mice and other pests out, ultrasonic waves etc, do they actually work, to rid house of loft mice

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