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Tadpoles becoming active at dusk

Have just looked into my little pond as it's getting dark. In the heat of the day all the tadpoles disappeared. Now, at dusk, the surface of the water is alive with hundreds of wriggling taddies. Has...
22:45 Sat 01st Jul 20061 answer, last by File Cutter 11:14 Sun 02nd Jul 2006
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Cleaning pebbles

The large pebbles in my pebble fountain water feature are looking very black and grimey. What's the best (and easiest) way of cleaning them? I'm bulking at having to dismantle all the stones off their...
12:09 Sat 01st Jul 20063 answers, last by WendyS 15:13 Sun 02nd Jul 2006
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Dead baby blackbird

Have just found a dead baby blackbird in my vegetable patch. It was not injured or mutilated in any way and I suspect it was one of the family of four babies which has been regularly feeding in our...
16:51 Thu 29th Jun 20062 answers, last by SaxyJag 19:13 Thu 29th Jun 2006
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Flowers on aubergine plants

My first serious effort at growing outdoor aubergines this year. Should I limit the number of flowers on the plant or fertilise them generously and let them all grow freely?
13:58 Wed 28th Jun 20062 answers, last by WendyS 12:35 Thu 29th Jun 2006
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Coping with aftermath bankcruptcy

Can anybody please explain to me how somebody who has been made bankrupt deals with money, etc. once the declaration has been made? Does an official of the court come and remove all your possessions...
13:36 Sat 24th Jun 20064 answers, last by myvesta-sean 12:21 Sun 16th Jul 2006
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How are all you gardeners coping with hosepipe ban?

I have so many vegetables and special shrubs I'm trying to keep alive, but even using grey water and lugging endless watering cans around, it's hard work. Think I'll need a total back transplant by...
13:33 Sat 24th Jun 20066 answers, last by dancecaller 23:36 Sun 25th Jun 2006
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Birkenstock sandals

The inside soles of my Birkenstock sandals are looking rather stained and sweaty. How best can I freshen them up? Will they stand soap and water?
13:01 Sat 24th Jun 20061 answer, last by dot.hawkes 20:50 Sat 24th Jun 2006
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Blue tits in pond - walking on water would you believe?

Was alarmed to see a family of newly fledged blue tits in my garden yesterday. They couldn't fly very well and in their confusion several of them landed into my little pond. I rushed out into the...
11:38 Mon 19th Jun 20067 answers, last by mycats 20:24 Mon 19th Jun 2006
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Waitose to sell "Ugly" fruit & veg.

Was interested to see that Waitrose are planning a "back to basics" philosophy - i.e. they are going to sell blemished or "not quite perfect looking" fruit & veg in the belief that the public want...
11:34 Mon 19th Jun 20067 answers, last by Kim A 15:10 Tue 20th Jun 2006
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Centre for Alternative Technology, Machynlleth, Mid Wales

I haven't been there for years but found it a fascinating place. Can any recent visit update me on what they have there now in terms of innovative ideas?
11:10 Thu 15th Jun 20063 answers, last by nickmo 23:55 Thu 15th Jun 2006
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Growing strawberries

I planted some strawberry plants last summer as an experiment which are now cropping well and making runners which I will sever in due course and transplant. Having never grown them before I'm...
19:51 Wed 14th Jun 20064 answers, last by shaneystar2 21:00 Wed 14th Jun 2006
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Growing peanuts

I enjoy experimenting with trying to germinate unusual things such as orange pips, avocado stones etc. but have never tried growing peanuts. Has anybody every tried it, and what sort of peanut did you...
19:35 Tue 13th Jun 20063 answers, last by nickmo 16:39 Wed 14th Jun 2006
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Wrinkled fingers

My fingers on my inner palms seem to be permanently wrinkled these days, as if they'd been soaked in water for a long time. Is this indicative of some kind of health issue I should be addressing, i.e....
10:32 Mon 12th Jun 20062 answers, last by ktlou 13:58 Mon 12th Jun 2006
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Torch without bulb or battery

At a House & Gardens Fair in Sussex recently we bought a marvellous little torch costing ?4 which contains neither bulb nor battery but works by cranking a hand lever to produce the energy to fuel...
14:42 Sat 10th Jun 20063 answers, last by grannyg 19:42 Sun 11th Jun 2006
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Eating Turnip top leaves

The leaves on my turnips are growing very prolifically. Has anybody tried copping them and cooking like spinach. What do they taste like?
13:30 Sat 10th Jun 20067 answers, last by nickmo 20:13 Mon 12th Jun 2006
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Feeding a baby squirrel

Mother squirrel has bought her baby to our garden to teach it how to climb the pole where the peanut cages hang but the poor little thing is so tiny that she can't climb it yet. What else can I put on...
14:34 Fri 09th Jun 20066 answers, last by Dagman 21:19 Sun 11th Jun 2006
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Does anybody have froglets yet?

I saw on Springwatch (which is based in Devon and possibly had an earlier or warmer spring than the rest of the country) that they have froglets already Most of my tadpoles are still quite small. A...
20:50 Tue 06th Jun 20066 answers, last by WendyS 13:34 Wed 28th Jun 2006
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Do all wild rats carry Weill's disease?

I ask because we live in a fairly rural area and the rat who regularly comes to visit and nibble around our bird table looks immaculately clean and has very silky fur.. He sat two yards away from us...
21:52 Sun 04th Jun 20068 answers, last by gessoo 12:27 Wed 07th Jun 2006
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Cleaning a plastic corrugated sheet roof

We have a garden storage area along the side of our house which is covered with plastic corrugated sheeting. Over the years it has become coated with dirt & lichen & we want to clean it. Any...
21:50 Sat 03rd Jun 20062 answers, last by twplastics 07:06 Mon 29th Jun 2015

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