Hawthorn is the one indispensable shrub for a wildlife garden. The blossom is alive with bees and the haws feed the birds. You can eat the haws...
Recipe here in fourth post from Rebecca Riots - if in doubt Google...
Bullace is Prunus domestica and was the domestic plum before the modern, more succulent cultivars came along. Its fruit is not as sharp as the...
No, Roy - eglantine grows into a rambling shrub - not good for ground cover - sorry. I never think of roses as ground cover, but go for old...
Good to see that people still gather blackberries, but there is so much more that can be harvested from the hedgerows.Bramble bushes are very...
Lovely photo, LOL. I can never keep Rosemary as my soil is too wet and the cold winds of spring kill it. Trying again this year in a pot
Hi Royster and welcome. Best thing is to look for roses that are as close to the wild forms as possible. You can buy eglantine with its...
Female Garden Spider (Araneus diadematus)with dinner - perhaps she's eating her mate![img]
Popularity rating has gone and no one seems to mind. Good. The ranking thing is common on many forums and can be controversial or just...
Some butterflies like the whites and orange-tips never settle and will spook as soon as you go near. I'm not sure if they can hear or if they...
A while ago re bird flu, we were asked to report any significant change in the number of bird deaths. Three or more together was quoted. May...
I opted out because its daft and means nothing at all. Even dafter is the ranking system whereby you can become a Gardening Guru just by playing...
Lovely photos of the (probable) Sea Asters (Aster tripolium). A word of caution, Jinty - your "sea asters" are more likely to be wild Michaelmas...
I agree Waco - GC is just losing its focus and becoming a general chatroom. I rarely log in and then just scan for anything new in the General...
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Why does anyone want five cars? Get another two and you could have one for each day of the week.
The sad thing about cars is that they are all about status and image. Forget that and we might get sensible, economic and eco-friendly vehicles....
I agree Waco - 4x4's are pretty essential in many places, but not in town when the only off roading they do is over the flower beds in the...
I was always a biker - big BSA iron horses with a throaty roar and punch ups with Mods at Brighton. Moved on to a Triumph Tiger and then after...
Can't be helped Rosa - caffeine intake has to be lowered or not even feverfew will be able to help. When I was working in Mega-stress City, I...
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