I built a bird box at school and have now out it in my back garden but no birds live in there it has been hanging there for months why won't they go in?
we have had a sudden influx of flies in our garden around the bird table - is there anything i can use to get rid of the flies but continue to feed the birds?
This morning, in my porch, there was a very odd looking fly that I've seen a few times and I don't know what it is. It has red eyes, is black with grey stripes accross its tail and it's wings stick...
I am growing pumpkins for my Granddaughter and the leaves on one plant have a greyish dusty looking deposit on them. I have tried spraying with soapy water but as soon as they dry it returns. Will it...
A few weeks ago I was given a bottlebrush plant (callistemon linearis) which was in flower - large red flowers, very beautiful. I planted it in a large container using ordinary potting compost. Since...
I ask because this morning I spotted a spider's thread about four yards in length between my Hills Hoist washing line and some runner bean plants in a border and the beginnings of a web being spun....
can anyone please help? i have a cala lily in a pot. i got it last year in flower already. this year it has grown considerably. the foliage is magnificent but not a single flower has shown. what am i...
Hi I have several apple trees in my garden and the apples just keep falling off them. I know I should expect some 'windfalls' but this is getting beyond a joke as there won't be any left on the trees...
Are there any flower arrangers out there with bright ideas orsuggestions I need to do flower arrangements for the above 4 categories what flowers should I buy (preferably readily available and not...
Thanks to everyone who assisted me with this problem a few weeks ago. I bought Sodium Chlorate from B+Q and my weeds have now died. All I have to do now is to be able to bend down and uproot them!! No...
i have an oxalis plant (wood sorrell) that is looking rather sorry for it`s self ,it`s not to hot or cold or bright ,can anyone assist before i kill it .
I have been growing my own tomatoes. I have been very proud of them (as this has been my first attempt at doing so) and I have been eagerly awaiting for them to turn red so I can pick them However, I...
I'm thinking of buying a petrol strimmer to do some jobs in the garden but in particular in our pony meadows. I want it to keep down the thistles, nettles and generally avoid having to pay the farmer...
Has anyone ever had a fish that's eaten a fairly large froglet.? I found one of my Orfe the other morning with long white things hanging out of it's mouth which on closer inspection I could only think...
