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Three drowned mice
We feed wild birds and have a couple of trays on the window sills. Seed is blown off and birds knock it off. We also have various pots of shrubs in the same area. Two deep containers had stood empty for a few weeks and collected water. Yesterday I saw that three mice were floating. I assume they fallen off plants and had a…
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Trees
Want to buy and plant apporx 4 or 5 trees along the border of my garden. I want them to screen out the view form my neighboiurs 2nd floor windows to my ground floor windows. Want an intsant effect so will need to be approx 2m high - slow growing so I dont need to do much with once they are planted. Evergreen would be good…
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Which nasturtium for companion planting?
As said, which variety should I use in the greenhouse and raised beds? And marigolds while I'm here, all the different variety's confuse me :rolleyes: Also anybody got a discount code for Mr Fothergills please? Was probably in a email to you. Thanks
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Recommendations for prickly bushes
I need help with a problem I have got. Basically my front garden used to be covered in grass but it was very difficult to keep tidy as is was not possible to use a lawn mower due to various obstructions. To solve the problem I ripped up the grass and replaced it with decorative gravel - that brought a new problem. There is…
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Well Rotted Horse Manure
Can any one please tell me how long it takes for horse manure to become "well rotted"? I picked up some about 6 weeks ago, but left it in the bags until two weeks ago when I piled it up in the front garden. I still looks the same so how do I know it's ok to did in my new veg patch. I am hoping to plant up my seedlings from…
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allotments...will they sell on their veggies if they have too many..
rather than buying from a supermarket i would rather get from an allotment if they have any surplus. what is the best way of going about it? i have heard of one allotment not being able to sell on their produce but i imagine it is different with each. is there an allotment website for example? thanks
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Sprouted birdseeds
I put a large amount of birdseed out on the table last Sunday. Since then it has been very windy (so much it blew my bird table over) and raining loads. Today is the first sunny/dry day so I decided to take a look at the damage in the garden. The bird table can be fixed however all the bird seed has been spread across my…
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Spring bulbs sprouting!
How is everyone else doing with their spring bulbs? I've had crocuses flowering for a week now and daffs are standing tall and proud, but no sign of flowers yet. The tulips I put in the ground just a month or so ago are starting to poke through already!!! :eek: Oh, almost forgot the irises which I first spotted sprouting…
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I might just be lazy, but any advice welcome!
Hello We have a medium-sized garden which we took out a concrete path and some 'crazy' paving in the autumn, which took up about half the garden, lenghtways. We are now left with some small stone chippings and part of it having a plastic sheeting underneath, but there are some weeds growing through it - not many, but some.…
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Panel fencing
my husband wants to know if he can paint over his brown fence panels to green preservative as our next door neighbour is painting his side green,can anybody help.
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Your challenge - what should I grow?
Ok, a 2 x 5 yard strip of fairly clay-ey soil which does not get full sunlight. It's doing absolutely nothing at the moment except for staring at me accusingly and screaming 'plant me!' But with what? It's no good for lawn. I'd want to turn it to some productive use. Can anyone recommend their best suggestion for a food…
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Horrible smell (cat pee?)
Hope this is relevant for this forum! My front porch is frequently full of leaves, and I hadn't bothered to sweep them out for a while. The other day I noticed a really vile smell, seemingly coming from the pile of leaves. I swept them away, and bleached the concrete paving on the porch. One day later, and the smell is…
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Pruning Apple Trees
Can anyone help with how to prune a 10 year old apple tree ? It has been trimmed a few times but hasn't been pruned for 3 or 4 years. I was hoping to prune in soon in the next few weeks. ps you get great apples from it and I think they are Bramleys.:confused:
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Help with Pre-School Allotment
My daughter goes to a pre-school in a village, where we are lucky enough to have accquired a lovely allotment, right next to the pre-school building.I've volunteered myself to run it (!!) - the preschool is a charity so though professionally staffed, other admin/ other tasks done by parents. I've grown some of my own veg…
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Cant get lettuce to grow!
Hi all I have tried so many times to get my own lettuce to grow, Ive planted cut and come again lettuce and rocket etc in various pots and trays and they all sprout and just become really thin and leggy, they become so tall and spindly that they just fall over. They look like cress. What am I doing wrong?! :o Thanks!
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what should I start with?
hoping to grow veggies etc this year to save on the bank account and teach the children. new to all this so what are easy things to grow and whats the first thing I can start planting and what month.my garden is small, with just a border type area( keep saying it was for flowers but never got round to it !!!) and I have…
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Things you've recycled
One of the great things about growing your own vegetables is the chance to recycle things that would normally go to landfill. What items do you recycle? I'll start with a couple: Loo rolls used as root training planters - they bring on peas, beans, leeks, carrots or parsnips with little root damage and biodegrade when…
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Squirrel problem
We have a squirrel or two that are digging my back garden up. I don't want to use a trap and kill them so does anyone know a good electronic deterrent? I suppose one that would also keep a neighbours cats away from my bird table would be good. Anyone?
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Noisy crows
Anyone know a way to discourage noisy crows from hanging round in our back garden and making a racket just before dawn? DD is getting fed-up of being awoken early! Thanks Louise
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cordless Telescopic Hedge Trimmer - Gtech HT01 £49.95 delivered
Great reviews on amazon this is £10 cheaper than anywhere else I can find with free delivery and a spare battery for £59.95 New Lower Price! Lightweight and easy to manoeuvre, the Gtech cordless Telescopic Hedge Trimmer tackles the tiresome task of cutting your hedges in no time. Reducing the need for ladders or…