[Help] Gardeners Question Time.

[Moshe Gariani]

Keep rockin'!
When you eventually push and pull those stems and the last root snaps and the stump is completely free, you won't have experienced such elation for a long time!

Agreed...!!! Incredibly satisfying. I’m going to find another one to do tomorrow. [emoji23][emoji23]

 

[Jack Straw]

Agreed...!!! Incredibly satisfying. I’m going to find another one to do tomorrow. [emoji23][emoji23]

I know, it's only rocking, hole, but I like it!

 

[Stat Brother]

Devastating news at Stat Towers - it looks like a tornado has gone through the poppy fields.

 

[Weststander]

Devastating news at Stat Towers - it looks like a tornado has gone through the poppy fields.

Same here, so vulnerable to these gusty winds.

 

[Jack Straw]

Devastating news at Stat Towers - it looks like a tornado has gone through the poppy fields.

Don't worry. I've got loads of Poppy seeds here. Would you like some?

 

[zefarelly]

we've had loads of Poppies on the Allotment. and tonnes of strawberries, although nearly all gone now. This week the Bog brush has gone nuts.

 

[jakarta]

So no advice about my ants then...

I guess I will just have to welcome our insect overlords.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4jWAwUb63c

 

[Stat Brother]

I too could do with some ant talk.

 

[zefarelly]

Fire is best for ants, with copious amounts of accelerant.

also chickens work , dig the nest open and let them feast. ( chickens need to be alive with feathers, not prepacked from M&S free range or otherwise.

another slow but fun way is with a magnifying glass, keeps kids entertained as well, and a goods science lesson

 

[jakarta]

Fire is best for ants, with copious amounts of accelerant.

also chickens work , dig the nest open and let them feast. ( chickens need to be alive with feathers, not prepacked from M&S free range or otherwise.

another slow but fun way is with a magnifying glass, keeps kids entertained as well, and a goods science lesson

So I need to set fire to my Lawn?

Bugger, my Ku Klux Klan membership has lapsed...

 

[zefarelly]

So I need to set fire to my Lawn?

Bugger, my Ku Klux Klan membership has lapsed...

localised and in a (semi) controlled manner

brake and clutch cleaner is great, burns real fast ( not sure why I've developed a redneck tone whilst talking about fire )

make sure you video it.

https://www.facebook.com/ItsGoneVir...n-trying-to-kill-cockroaches/970804289948707/

 

[Jack Straw]

localised and in a (semi) controlled manner

brake and clutch cleaner is great, burns real fast ( not sure why I've developed a redneck tone whilst talking about fire )

make sure you video it.

https://www.facebook.com/ItsGoneVir...n-trying-to-kill-cockroaches/970804289948707/

"You were only supposed to blow the bloody cockroaches up!"

 

[Jack Straw]

This week the Bog brush has gone nuts.

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That's a really lovely Bog-brush bush.

 

[WATFORD zero]

That's a really lovely Bog-brush bush.

Try saying that again just before kick off

 

[WATFORD zero]

Box Tree Moths.

I have documented my ongoing conflict with the Box tree moths previously on this thread and currently seem to have the upper hand using a mix of pheromone traps and the occasional use of Provanto.

I have always understood that it has only been active in Britain the last 10 or so years and no UK birds will eat the caterpillars. However, I have noticed that this season and particularly the last couple of weeks (peak season) a number of Magpies have been sitting on my various box hedges and appear to be feeding.

Could it be that Magpies have suddenly developed a taste for the little b******s ?

 

[Frankie]

What is this please ?

 

[Green Cross Code Man]

What is this please ?

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Hypericum. Lovely but gets everywhere.

 

[Frankie]

Hypericum. Lovely but gets everywhere.

Lovely, thank you .

 

[Weststander]

Parts of a border I’ve sorted out over the last 15 months. Previously it was a chalky subsoil.





In addition to the ubiquitous Common poppy, in the shots are Betony (two species), Achillea millefolium ‘Terracotta’, perennial Wallflower, Lavender Munstead, Geranium Rozanne, Scabious Macedonia and Agastache (Anise Hyssop).

With Agastache Blue Fortune and Echinacea purpurea August Konigin ready to burst out in flowers.

The backdrop is a mixed natives hedge, planted as whips about 5 years ago.

 

[Jack Straw]

Parts of a border I’ve sorted out over the last 15 months. Previously it was a chalky subsoil.

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In addition to the ubiquitous Common poppy, in the shots are Betony (two species), Achillea millefolium ‘Terracotta’, perennial Wallflower, Lavender Munstead, Geranium Rozanne, Scabious Macedonia and Agastache (Anise Hyssop).

With Agastache Blue Fortune and Echinacea purpurea August Konigin ready to burst out in flowers.

The backdrop is a mixed natives hedge, planted as whips about 5 years ago.

Lovely, and clearly designed with nature in mind.