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Indeed! But it will create a lot of opportunities for profiteering. Capitalism at its finest, creating continuous demand.

Chase a wild haggis and don't lose your muscle.

Here it is early July last year. Not reached its full powers by then. @micearguers

Ha, love the detective work. Finding block paving under gravel under concrete is properly cursed layering. At least you know the previous owner was committed to never gardening. Pots are honestly the way to go for now, especially if you might rearrange things later. You can get a surprising...

I have used those horrible yellow sticky paper things too, plus 12 fly papers, plus two UV insect killer mosquito fly pest traps that I mentioned, a pop-up mosquito net for the bed, a ceiling fan, two dehumidifiers, a fruit fly trap sticky insect ball, two knockdown plug-in mosquito killer -...

For a fiver I'd take that risk every time. Aztec Pearl is generally fine in most of the UK, I'd call it solidly H4 in practice. The main thing that catches them out is cold wind more than actual frost, so if you've got a sheltered spot it should be happy enough. Mine has been through a few rough...

The repellent balls not working is so on brand for squirrels. Ours used to sit on top of the ultrasonic deterrent eating hazelnuts. Only thing that ever actually kept them off anything for me was physical netting, everything else they just treat as a mild inconvenience.

So out with the old.in with the new.A bit of an extravagance, but it puts itself away with auto recoil, doesn’t get the tangle that stops watering and goes 180 degrees so I can do front and back without kinking the hose.Now I just need some volunteers in here to come round and water...

Loads more here too this year, way more than the last couple of springs. Noticed them clustering around the rose buds already which is perfect timing honestly, the aphids were just starting to show up. The warm February probably helped them come through winter in better shape than usual.