That's a very pleasant and tranquil looking place where you could lose yourself for hours just staring at trees
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[TV] Gardeners' World This Evening, BBC 2. Different to Usual.
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AmexRuislip
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Haven't seen any elephants yet, ideal though for watering the plot
Jack Straw
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Taken just now, evergreen and there are lots of berries waiting to ripen which the birds will guzzle and make a mess all over the decking
You've really posed a tricky one Norm!
Another possibility, and quite unusual, Diospyros (Japanese Persimmon)?
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Jack Straw
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This is top notch. You've certainly given nature a home. Well done. Excellent!
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Norman Potting
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Perhaps I should start a "Norman's Tree" thread with regular updates, perhaps even webcam
Must come and have a look at the Rock Garden to see the efforts of those involved.
Thunder Bolt
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I have a bed of roses and have spotted this handsome chap several times. We had to look it up to find out what he or she was.
It turns out it is a rose chafer. It hasn't harmed our roses at all, can fly, so no point in removing it, as it will just fly back.
It turns out it is a rose chafer. It hasn't harmed our roses at all, can fly, so no point in removing it, as it will just fly back.
Dick Knights Mumm
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We have an area at the back of the garden which is in shade after about midday and anything growing has to compete with tree roots. It is hardly meadow material. Do you have any suggestions - or as per Edna ?
Jack Straw
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There are lots of lists of plants on-line for all different situations. It would seem you have an east facing garden with dappled shade and limited depth of soil.
This web-site should help you get where you need.
https://www.gardenersworld.com/plants/the-best-shade-loving-plants/
Virtually all plants will be of benefit to some sort of creature!
Jack Straw
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It is indeed. They can cause minimal damage to all plants bar grass, but they're certainly no aphids so I would just enjoy seeing them, after all, they look amazing!
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I thank you. You should get on the local radio.
jevs
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It's looking rather stunning at the moment even if I do say so myself
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We had that exact type of beetle in out back garden a couple of weeks bag. Have never seen anything like that before, a stunning colour.
Great work Amex!
I'll try and get a recent one of ours and everyone can play name the pollinators. Except me because I always forget them. She doesn't...
Creaky
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On the muckier side of gardening if anyone wants well rotted, (4 year old), horse manure then we have tons, (literally), of the stuff. We use very little straw so it is really fine and has no smell.
Anyone fancying a trip to the Gatwick area to collect then send me a pm and I’ll let you have directions.
Anyone fancying a trip to the Gatwick area to collect then send me a pm and I’ll let you have directions.
Thunder Bolt
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That's why we took a photo and then looked it up to find out what it was. It is a European rose chafer and only found in here in the SE of England, and on the continent.
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That's good shit! Please excuse the pun, but I couldn't resist. . . . . When I was 16 I worked in a mushroom laboratory, growing spores on cooked sterilised rye grain, for planting commercially, we used manure as a base for masters (it's used for commercial growing too) . . . .one of my jobs in the lab, for master strains and mushroom type 'tuning' was to soak/wash and spin dry horse manure, which was then potted, sterilised, and then planted with a bit of mould. . . .its extremely likely those strains are still going!
Jack Straw
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This stuff is gold dust! If anyone can arm themselves with a shovel and a pack of rubble bags, this needs to be taken advantage of.
Nice one Creaky.