So agree with you Fran.. Dense planting with no bare earth. Pull any weed that dares to grow when its big enough to know what it is.
but only the females. Typical!
...and here are three more. I sometimes think that I could manage quite well without a garden as long as I had access to the wild flowers....
Chalk downs are superb places for wild flowers. These are just three from this morning:Wild mignonette [img]Pink campion is a hybrid of red...
Thanks Geo - it'll be a starling then. We have a family of three with a very lazy young one that they are still feeding on our lawn.
This adult lily beetle is having a nibble of my lily leaves. The young 'uns are the real problem as they'll be chewing their way into the bulbs...
We have a garden bird that mimics the telephone! It just gives two brrps, but is so accurate and has had me running in to the house several...
Well you know what they say: " A weed is a plant growing in the wrong place". G.phaem is only happy in the shade so can be useful where not...
1. Nik's Blue Tits. Really special photo that shows us something that we cannot see for ourselves. 2. Marge's Orchids. Good group, well lit,...
Yes that does seem to be mealy bugs. Photo and information here: http://www.greengardener.co.uk/mealy.htm RHS also suggests ladybirds or spraying...
Cold weather is probably keeping greenfly numbers low. The company that sell ladybird larvae are reporting a shortage because of lack of...
Is this the one you mean, Poppy? Geranium phaem has deep purple or mauve flowers, but they are not very big. It likes the shade and is also known...
The Latin name is Urtica and as David Bellamy once said, its called Urtica because it 'urts :D[img]The formic acid in stinging nettles...
Couch cannot compete with lawn grasses. If the area is to be lawn then just keep mowing it. Rake it hard and sow with grass seed. Even if you...
Cold, wet and miserable here too! Yesterday's sunshine lasted all of half and hour. Not much fear of sun scorched leaves then.
Very nice, GW. West coast of Scotland? Hope the Gulf Stream keeps flowing for you.
Never mind, Waco. Vetch are members of the pea family so will be nitrogen fixers.
Nice poppies Petal, but surely not in May? Not this May anyway - unless they are Arctic poppies ;)
Hi Poppy, Yes it's the quick fix and the instant solution that people go for. Too many people see instant television garden make overs by...
The last day of a cold, wet, miserable May! Sunshine at last - can summer be only a few weeks away? [img]
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