desensitized43 Posted May 27, 2021 Share Posted May 27, 2021 Advice needed... The last few months we've developed a massive badger issue. Specifically, they keep digging under fences and ripping up the garden during the night. They're going under fences into the neighbours garden and rather than leave the holes under the fence so they have a clear path he persists in blocking up the holes every time, meaning the badgers just pick another spot to go under, causing more damage. I've told him not to do this but he continues. Clearly as they're protected, shooting or poisoning them is out of the question so how do I make them take themselves elsewhere? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted June 13, 2021 Share Posted June 13, 2021 Stir fry lunch and it included garlic, onions, kale and broad beans from the allotment. Our first crop of the year. Looking like a good year for spuds and sweet corn so far, fingers crossed. The bay tree hedge we planted with reject bay trees, every one off them is still alive, not doing much, but after a couple of months of planting them instead of binning them, still alive. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted June 13, 2021 Share Posted June 13, 2021 Trying to do some basic back garden tidying up today, I’ve spent most of the afternoon cutting the hedge, but man, the heat. I’ve cut a couple of meters, then indoors to let everyone know how hot it is outside. Cut a few more meters, back in to tell everyone I think its actually getting hotter… I’m now doing the ultimate garden perv, touching up a shed. We’ve played a blinder here, out most of yesterday morning and evening. Home all day today with the roads to the beach absolute carnage and people moaning on twitter they’re stuck in traffic jams all over town. Might have a knock off Tesco Magnum in a minute. It is hot though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blandy Posted June 13, 2021 Moderator Share Posted June 13, 2021 3 hours ago, chrisp65 said: broad beans from the allotment. M’beans are a bit behind, but the weather this last week has had them catching up 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted June 13, 2021 Share Posted June 13, 2021 Yeah, its all a bit tipsy turvy, the beans we started early had to sit in the greenhouse through May, so they went John Wayne big leggy. So we started another lot so now we have beans everywhere, garden and allotment. There’s also something up the allotment that seriously loves beetroot leaves. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fightoffyour Posted June 13, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted June 13, 2021 I usually trim the armpits and sack before going away to a hot place, and I call that gardening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowychap Posted June 13, 2021 Share Posted June 13, 2021 2 hours ago, chrisp65 said: Trying to do some basic back garden tidying up today 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted June 27, 2021 Share Posted June 27, 2021 Second lot of broad beans in today and we need to harvest them all now before they get too big to be tasty and fresh. First of the garlic also in, we brought it in the house, then realised after about 10 minutes that wasn’t a good idea. It’s out the greenhouse now, but the worktop has a garlic half life smell that will hopefully be gone in a few hundred years. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blandy Posted June 27, 2021 Moderator Share Posted June 27, 2021 14 minutes ago, chrisp65 said: Second lot of broad beans in today and we need to harvest them all now before they get too big to be tasty and fresh. Mine are still tiny, but there’s loads of ‘em forming now. Bumper crop to look forward to I reckon. Runner beans are coming on nicely, too, but no flowers yet. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post fightoffyour Posted July 4, 2021 VT Supporter Popular Post Share Posted July 4, 2021 Our shed has come along quite nicely 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A'Villan Posted September 15, 2021 Share Posted September 15, 2021 (edited) My father's garden. Edited September 15, 2021 by A'Villan 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MNVillan Posted September 16, 2021 Share Posted September 16, 2021 On 27/05/2021 at 07:17, desensitized43 said: Advice needed... The last few months we've developed a massive badger issue. Specifically, they keep digging under fences and ripping up the garden during the night. They're going under fences into the neighbours garden and rather than leave the holes under the fence so they have a clear path he persists in blocking up the holes every time, meaning the badgers just pick another spot to go under, causing more damage. I've told him not to do this but he continues. Clearly as they're protected, shooting or poisoning them is out of the question so how do I make them take themselves elsewhere? Badgers are the worst. Particularly the version from the University of Wisconsin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A'Villan Posted September 20, 2021 Share Posted September 20, 2021 (edited) The images in above post were broken, so here they are again. Edited September 20, 2021 by A'Villan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mandy Lifeboats Posted September 26, 2021 Share Posted September 26, 2021 The local wildlife are causing havoc in my garden but it's quite amusing. Someone in the village is leaving fresh eggs for Mr Fox. Mr Fox has an excess of food and is burying them in pots on my front drive. Over the past few weeks I have harvested half a dozen fresh eggs. Thanks Mr Fox. Meanwhile........ Mr Squirrel has been busily stripping my tree of beech nuts and burying them in the lawn. Last week I ran the electric lawn rake over the lawn and removed them all. Mr Squirrel sat on the fence giving me a death stare. This morning Mr Squirrel discovered the egg depository and smashed them all over the drive. B@#$%D. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 Looking for some advice here please. My back garden is pretty much walls, a lawn and some wall mounted baskets that i’ve restored to putting fake flowers in because they keep dying. There’s a couple of reasons why I don’t have a lot else going on, 1 i’m rubbish at gardening and 2 my son objects to anything with reduces the space available for playing football. Heres my idea, I get a bit of colour going on by getting some climbing roses (or other alternative)and trellis on some of the fences. It doesn’t take up much floor space and makes the place look nicer. Any ideas on what to buy, where from, and when to get it in the ground? Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ferguson1 Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 (edited) 39 minutes ago, Genie said: Looking for some advice here please. My back garden is pretty much walls, a lawn and some wall mounted baskets that i’ve restored to putting fake flowers in because they keep dying. There’s a couple of reasons why I don’t have a lot else going on, 1 i’m rubbish at gardening and 2 my son objects to anything with reduces the space available for playing football. Heres my idea, I get a bit of colour going on by getting some climbing roses (or other alternative)and trellis on some of the fences. It doesn’t take up much floor space and makes the place look nicer. Any ideas on what to buy, where from, and when to get it in the ground? Thank you! Hi Genie, can’t confess to know much at all about gardening apart from the basics but we once were given a wedding rose climber as a gift and this has done very well since. Mrs F feeds it several times from April til September and it does look good. We know it was bought for us from David Austin Roses (Wolverhampton) and they have a lot of ideas/prices online, so not a bad place to start. Not cheap, but will give you a sense of price etc. Edited October 11, 2021 by ferguson1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post magnkarl Posted December 13, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted December 13, 2021 Next year's big project for me will be to establish a meadow out of the back of our garden. I've managed to get the council to allow me to work with a small plot of grassland at the back of our row of houses. First up will be to cut and remove grass, rake the top soil off for use elsewhere and then gradually establish local meadow species. I've no idea why local councils aren't more interested in doing this in roundabouts\next to roads\next to their buildings etc. Local non honey bees and bumble bees are almost gone here so I'm hoping that this will help them. Going for this mix as I'm in chalky Hampshire: https://www.wildflower.co.uk/products/wildflower-seed-mixtures/80-20-wildflower-meadows-seed-mixtures/lw2-chalk-and-limestone-80-20.html With some luck I'll be able to influence the council (Winchester) to try this in more locations, I've got a few local insect experts to help me analyze what species it'll bring back. Anyone got any experience with establishing a meadow? 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PussEKatt Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 I cant get over how those plants that you see all over London growing in pots ( Begonias,I think ) can grow here in full sun,I mean it can get up to 40c in summer yet they grow really good here and in London. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted February 5, 2022 Share Posted February 5, 2022 A first serious look at the allotment this year and I’ve come away with some kale, parsnips and a couple of leeks. Not too bad up there, brambles and weeds had not taken over like I’d imagined, a few beds already in a decent state for some planting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted February 19, 2022 Share Posted February 19, 2022 I thought I’d ask this question here as there isn’t a dedicated bird watching thread (as far as I can tell). We had a bunch of these guys on the front garden this morning, anyone know what they are? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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