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Wild Garlick in lawn.

I seem to have a swarm of wild garlick plants spreading across my, not very tidy, lawn. Is there anything I can do about this, or should I just ignore it and carry on mowing at my usual seasonal rate...

gardener g

The life cycle of a astrantia major

what is the life cycle of the astrantia major

Athley

Fat balls!

Don't know if this is a daft question, apologies if it is, but is it possible for the garden birds to eat too much from the fat ball and get obese. Mine seem to get through loads of them - they look...

johnsam38

shade

which of these plants are good choice for a shady border achillea milleflorium perovskia atriplicifloia pachysandra terminalis nerine bowdenii

Chalky9

Pruning/Renovating Viburnum Tinus

I have a 12-year old hedge of Viburnum which has got rather motheaten, and it no longer flowers. I want to renovate it; the books say to wait until late spring, after the flowering season. As it no...

leaf

new aquarium

Hi all, We have just set up a new cold water fish tank, and have put in the fish, 3 goldfish that we got from the local fair... the tank is 78L with gravel and a few ornaments and it is lit, which the...

animad

goldfish

how do i know if my goldfish is a female or a male?

Essemm

oak tree

how do you tell how old an oak tree is

chimney

There was a man..................

who was really into farm machinery, but unfortunately one day he was run down by a tractor, thankfully he wasn't badly hurt but this experience put him right off his love of farm machinery. So he...

kev100

Yellow flowers???

Between us and next door is a small "hedge" which flowers in december and January and has pretty little bright yellow flowers. I wouldn't have thought that any plant would flower in winter but this...

RATTER15

Serbian prostitute

Q. what do you call a serbian prostitute?? A. Slobberdown ****************

richardf

Do white rats live in the wild?

Today i saw a dead white rat outside my flats and i was wondering if they live in the wild or if it either jumped out of a window or my cat has jumped into someones home killed it and brought it out?...

Somebody17

Hand

What is the name of the space between the thumb and the index finger?

nubi

holly

when should you put up the holly at christmas

gelda

Happy Christmas

I just wanted to wish you all a happy Christmas and don't forget to look after your animals, they deserve a safe and happy Christmas as well. I will be on my own this Christmas and would give anything...

whpenguin

chicken and hen

what is the difference between a chicken and a hen?

Bellringer

Cats

Anyone any ideas about plants etc to keep cats out of the garden. Our Jack Russell used to do the job but she is no longer with us & the spaniel is not as keen. I have no objection to cats I just...

Thunderbird+

Why ??

Why are politicians like nappies...

lizwizz

Rats and bird food

I have recently had a rat in my garden and the pest control officer has told me to take all my bird feeders down as they are attracting the rat. I love seeing the birds in my garden and always thought...

sherlockian

Pruning fruit trees

When is the best time of year to prune an old apple tree? I have been given conflicting advice - told NOT to do in the autumn/winter as the extra wood protects the buds from frost, told NOT to do it...

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