"in The Garden " - Local Quiz

[mrsmaggot]

2) Get rid-like a snake.
9) Turn the ancient burial ground.
12) This one isn't filled with beer or cola.
16) Our feline's favourite sweet.
18) Strikers fight with swords round the edge.
19) Sound as if the boy child is about to make a call.
20) One of Santa's triple calls + a direction.
23) You'd find flowers in it not a terrier.
24) They don't come from seeds but from guns.

Thought about "lair" for (9) and bed for (23) ?
Thanks for any help in advance.

[frugalfred]

16. catmint

[frugalfred]

20. hosta? Can see "Ho" but not "sta"

[mallyh]

16 catmint
19 sundial

[frugalfred]

9. wheelbarrow

[mallyh]

2 shed

[mallyh]

20 hoe

[mallyh]

23 border

[scorpiojo]

24 slugs?

[scorpiojo]

12 watering can?

[mallyh]

23 slugs or pellets ? or slugpellets

[quinie]

18 Picket fence something?

[mrsmaggot]

Wow ! You lot are quick off the mark today! Thanks for all the answers, but can't see "wheelbarrow" for no 9. Could frugalfred or someone explain this please. Thanks

[frugalfred]

9 wheel = turn, as in "he wheeled round"; a "barrow" is an ancient burial mound.

[mrsmaggot]

I got the wheel part but I didn't know that a barrow was a burial ground . Thanks for that. You certainly learn something new every day!