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They seem interesting creatures and watching them over the nest building, mating, hatching and feeding periods would be rewarding. I wonder if they steal from each other and is infedelity a issue. Winter storms would seem very likely regarding nest removal.

You can use it as a mulch to improve soil texture on a bed but it will be completely depleted of minerals and fertilisers so, if keeping it the pot you need to add some slow release fertiliser such as blood, fish and bone or pelleted chicken manure and some leaf mould or other fibrous matter to...

Gladioli for me. Something about them just looks like they belong in a vase and not in a border. Leylandii obviously, but that's basically cheating as an answer. I've also never got on with begonias, they always look slightly plastic to me no matter what variety.

Not a heron - we have loads of them here on the Thames. They are much more angular birds, standing around waiting for fish and looking elegantly gawky. This rounder softer looking bird is some kind of a wader - maybe a greenshank or godwit as @Selleri says. Or a dunlin, or a sandpiper?

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Those windows would make a brilliant cold frame, honestly probably more useful than as bed sides. For the raised bed itself, about 30cm deep is plenty for most veg. You could get some lettuce, radish and spring onions going now and they'll be fine under fleece if it's still chilly where you are.