I had two greenfinches yesterday, first time I've ever seen them in the garden. They've been getting more numerous in the area and I often hear...
I have been using a squirrel baffle on my feed station since spotting a rat up there eating the sunflower seeds in broad daylight. I'm not so...
I have been very entertained lately by the interactions between the foxes and the magpies. I put out calci-worms for the birds each day, but the...
Maybe it's like when you take off a pair of shoes that are too tight!Mine are all looking very happy, turning a lovely dark green and opening...
My bank account includes a "lifestyle benefit" you can choose from a number of options. For several years now I have chosen a subscription to...
My regular fox loves calci-worms and apples. I originally put them out for the blackbirds but they're not getting much of a look-in lately.I've...
This blackbird has been extremely busy, making repeated visits to forage in my grass. One upside of the wet weather is that he has no trouble...
I love my push mower. I used to use a hover mower, got fed up with constantly wrangling the cable and was thinking about getting a cordless one....
Pyracantha blossom in the hedge.The first salvia flowers (don't know exactly which salvia this is, I bought it as a tiny cutting from the car...
Chives.[ATTACH]
They are beautiful aren't they. They're also known as Thick-legged Flower Beetles which I like as it tells you where to look for them. I didn't...
Try to put off cutting it down for now, then when we get a spot of very hot weather point out that shading the front room is actually a reason for...
Mine illustrate that very well - all "Outdoor Girl", and sown at the same time. On the left, planted out today after being in a coldframe in small...
Sorry I don't know, this is the first time I've bought them (and then googled them afterwards!). They seem to be used a lot in hanging baskets so...
First of the year's flowers on this geranium.[ATTACH]
Bidens "Beedance". Bought from Lidl yesterday.[ATTACH]
I spent a long time yesterday evening watching a parasitic wasp. It was laying eggs on one of the logs in my attempt at a Victorian style...
We've now had a solid 2 hours of really heavy rain and it's just starting to brighten again though the clouds are still quite black. I leave a...
It's been threatening to rain all morning but only just started now, very considerate since it's time to go in for lunch anyway. Had to round up...
I'd love a ban on them selling those giant pumpkins in October. Just think about all the inputs (land, fertiliser, water ...) then the lorries...
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