Compost HAS to pass through the digestive system of the creepy crawlies. If you have no invertebates in your compost bins then only fungi and...
Well said Poppy33! I hope everyone on GC will take note. Your message also answers those people who said they had never seen a hedgehog eating...
What camera do you use GW? Your photos are really sharp and I can only get that quality with my old film SLR and a macro lens.
The doubles are generally known as "Plenum". Our own meadow cranesbill - G. pratense has three doubles. Plenum Album which is white, Plenum...
Hi Pinkfingers and welcome. What do you do with those wallflowers? Pull them up after they have finished flowering! They are short lived...
Colder here today than it was in February, but the bees are hard at work. My cotoneasters are full of them despite the cold.Great pix, GW!
C'mon over to my place and we'll look for it together. Reminds me of the old folktale:Farmer with a rough field of thistles and docks told the...
Hi Elainefiz [img] - just a quick PS. No they are not day lilies and if you get a pot make sure that it has a good sized drainage hole in...
Hellebores generally struggle in my garden, hang their heads and look sad. This year they have been great and so have the euphorbias. Terrific...
Froghoppers suck sap like greenfly, but there is only one in each dollop of spit. Damage is usually seen as distorted flowers or leaves. A good...
No. That is lichen and quite harmless. It will grow on tree bark, rocks and gravestones where the air is not too polluted. However, it is very...
They look like fairly old plants, judging from the stems on the left. They need to go in the ground. Dig a good sized hole and water well -...
Lilies must have good drainage as they will rot if they sit in the wet. My garden gets waterlogged and no amount of drainage gravel beneath the...
The cuckoo spit is a protective froth that is made by the larva of the froghopper. It is a bug that sucks sap from the plants. Damage is fairly...
Some of the mini-beasts in our gardens are quite neutral and are neither friends nor foes. I love watching them all. This is the hawthorn...
The way that wild flowers find places to grow in town always impresses. This is white campion by a busy roundabout. It hybridises with red campion...
My pleasure - glad you enjoyed them and please let me know of any other gardening type poems.
Excellent! A living tapestry of colour
Ground ivy? That family is pretty large and they are all very similar. Wild flowers are incredibly beautiful and intricate when you look at...
Yes - you are right, Pete. Thankfully the one in my photo is not the harlequin ladybird. Info and picture can be seen here:...
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