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Bird ID

I have noticed a little green bird in my garden and am having probs identifing it. It looks like a greenfinch but smaller and more uniformly green. He was pecking flies off the front of the parked...

patangman

name of this plant

i have a plant which has leathery type leaves and tiny little pink flowers, but would like to find out the name of it, its a bit likea money plant put spreads out, side ways. slightly like a ice...

bubblem8

Mould on my little apple trees.Help!!!

I planted some apple seeds about three months ago and they are now little saplings and thriving quite well. However,they have a silvery/white powdery substance I can only describe as a mould,I cannot...

jgs

Damaged Bark

I have a young plum tree with a stem circumference of 3 inches. I have just foolishly committed the sin of damaging the bark with a strimmer. The wound extends for an inch. Is the tree likely to die?...

fishbait

kingfishers

I have just seen a kingfisher in the port of Dunkerque. Its several km to the nearest fresh water which makes me wonder if they will fish in saltwater?? Could any of you far to clever chappies confirm...

sorrell

Bay tree - yellow leaves and white fluff

My bay tree has yellowing leaves and white fluff on the branches. the tree is about 15ft tall and fairly substantial -if it is diseased and needs spraying its going to be hard to do. Help - should I...

oopsydoopsy

What are these and how do I get rid of them ??

I have a sunked bbq area in my garden which is surrounded by wooden railway sleepers. Over past few months have noticed wasp-like insects burrying their way between the sleepers and depositing piles...

daveraby

What dog resembles a sheep in looks?

My wife recently saw a dog which closely resembled a sheep! What type of dog could it of been or did she see a sheep going for walkies? Thank you

RATTER15

Mouldy leaves on my Honeysuckle

I have just found this mould growing on my Honeysuckle, this plant has gone through a bit of stress, I purchased it a couple of months back, transplanted it into a larger container, then 3 weeks ago...

Vics128

pruning jasmine

When is a good time of year to prune my jasmine. It hasnt flowered this year, its just gone crazy, but as i only have a small garden, I would like to encorage it to go up and then bush out along the...

WaldoMcFroog

Killing grass

Anyone got any useful tips on how I can kill my entire lawn? I say lawn, but it's not supposed to be there. My garden is used to be an anti-weed membrane over which we'd dumped a lot of stones, and...

patsyquinn

Silver birch

I have just lost most of my silver birch in the wind - the stem just broke. Will it revive or should I remove it?

Thunderbird+

skip the light fantastic or skip the light fandango

I'd love to know the origin of these phrases.

annie0000

Damaged Tree

My neighbours son snapped a branch on another neighbours tree by hanging on it. It is a youngish cherry tree - about 8 foot high - the branch is still attached at the bottom end - we secured it with...

johnlambert

Come alive with Pepsi, urban myth?

I remember reading in the 1970's that they had to change the words on the Pepsi cola advert in China because people were pouring it on their families graves because when the words "come alive with...

Slooow_Jo

An ignorant view??

I recall an ex friend of mine who had 2 daughters 15 months apart...they both had matching school coats & if one had amark on her coat she would put it & her sisters coat into the washing...

keithjoy

gardening

After a recent cut our leylandi hedge as gone brown . Is it starting to die or will it come back? Its around twenty years old. hoppos

Janbuck

Peacocks

Could anyone help me please with a quiz question - "the peacock belongs to which group of birds?". I'm not sure how the quiz setter's define 'group' When I looked on Google I got Genus and some other...

cazzrob

booze diet

alcohol doesn't make you fat, it makes you...

nurses51

horsetails

i think thays what there called are overtaking my garden.how do i get rid of them,

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