I was just wondering

I've spent a pleasant afternoon in the garden and noticed all my plants are flourishing in the greenhouse, This is not by accident or trial and error, I enticed this little fella, he seeks out the pests and vermin in the garden and terminates their unproductive ways, So i was thinking, if only this message board had a pest killer, it too would flourish ,

I do keep trying,Tom but nowt seems to eradicate you.

Tom is it safe to leave my pots of new plants outside at night now ? I've been bringing them into the garage because of the frost ?

no NJ, there is more frost coming soon, rule of thumb is, never cast a clout till May is out,

Tom....just watched your excellent blackbird video, adults feeding young one. You have got the parents sex wrong way round.

Thank you Tom

Yes Anne,the male is black with a yellow bill,the female is brown..it seems in all animal species that the male is the more colourful,gaudy show offs lol.

Strange question Nana, being in the gardening business I would have thought you would have known,

LL I don't have anything to do with plants....only Turf & Topsoil so just checking to make sure

Fairy nuff NJ.

thank you Anne and momac, I thought it strange Dad feeding the chicks but nature has many surprises, I've checked and you are correct, everyday is a skool day,

blackbirds

Tom,
Glorious day for gardening / clearing leaves yesterday at +20 and today snow and -1. I had planted bulbs last fall and they were just peeking through yesterday. See what tomorrow brings.

I also spent most of this aft' int' garden, but what I really enjoyed was the over the fence chin wag whi't neighbours.

Had maintained good contact wi t' immediate (next door) neighbours throughout lockdown, but today first opportunity in a while to chat with slightly more distant neighbours.

We have had a couple of wasps in the house these were soon dispatched but we noticed than they looked larger than normal.Most wasps are normaly about 3/4 of a inch long and slim but our two visitors looked about 11/2 inch long and seem fatter

I hang a Buzz wasp catcher & a Buzz fly catcher on the fence they're brilliant

Peter P

A one and a half inch long Wasp.

What utter cobbler's.

I think I will take that comment with a very large pinch of salt

Does salt kill wasps because I am being asked to sprinkle a lot of salt aboutI did not measure the wasps with a tape measure but they were longer than from the tip of my thumb to the 1st joint .

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LL I don't have anything to do with plants....only Turf & Topsoil so just checking to make sure

she supplied the turf for the Albert, it was a mess, apparently.

I was reburbing a bathroom a few years ago and could here a constant buzzing, then all of a sudden when I pulled a bathroom cabinet of the wall a nest was behind it and the room filled with angry black and yellow flying insects, I did not stop to find out what species I exited the room forthwith and shut the door, The owner of the house tried to contact the council but the pest control were busy, So she rang round and this bee keeper came, he donned a suit and mask and went in the room with a henry vacuum cleaner and sucked them all in,, 15 mins later he was driving away with £200 in his pocket, ,
So try that Peter, a hover I mean. not calling a bee keeper

Nice one Tom... Shame you can't spray some bug killer on one or two annoying pests on here.

Yes BB pity the Admin don't do something about them,

I supplied 1,850 Rolls of Turf & 9x20 Tons of Topsoil to Alberts Restaurant in 2019 & the weather was hot & they didn't water it & it looked a right mess.Fat Mick gloated ( just like Basil Brush) & made a video of it ( Basil was delighted) well they started to water it & it's like a velvet carpet,I get so many orders when people see it.I've also just supplied Wayfarer at Parbold for the Beer Garden & they are delighted,so Parbold folk order after seeing it

Posted by: tomplum (7275) View tomplum's page

Yes BB pity the Admin don't do something about them

Why what they doing????????

I find a tin of fly spray does the trick

He really wants to get his own house in order before commenting on others Admin skills.

Tom,some years ago,I heard a lot of noise coming from the chimney breast then all of a sudden thousands of flying ants swarmed into the room,to shorten the story,I got the Henry out and got them all ( the room was black because they'd all flown to the window) I filled three black bin bags with them..
it was horrible.

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Nice one Tom... Shame you can't spray some bug killer on one or two annoying pests on here

it's a good job you wasn't on before, there were some reet "nasty uns"

another informative and interesting thread ruined,

Isn't it just.

Aww, poor Tom,being victimised again.

I would say it was an antagonistic thread to say the least.

Yes poor Tom,he's a gent to say the least.

You don't know the half of it, Momac.

I only look for the good in people and I go off that.

Ah, so it doesn't matter whatever else they do, as long as they put up a good front?

I refuse to comment to you any more,goodbye.

As you wish, Momac.

Back to topic .When we lived in the terraced house we had 6 ft walls all round the back garden and the gap under the back gate was that small it nearly scrapped the concrete yet we had a hedehog in the garden. We often wondered how it got into the garden

We once had one in our garden,and had no idea how it had got in,he was covered in small white blobs,there used to be a retired couple near us that would take any stray animal..their garage was full of all sorts of them,and they paid for their food out of their own pocket,the RSPCA used to send them money but stopped as they said they were taking too many animals in,I took this little one to them,she said they were ticks,took them off then gave it an injection..I was so relieved..we donated a bit of cash as a thank you.

Hedgehogs are full of fleas.

I believe they are edible

I think Billy who used to post on here mentioned baking hedgehog in clay quite a few times over the years.

A gypsy delicacy I've heard, In my opinion they should be protected by Law as swans are, They are endangered because of the use of slug pellets, gardeners protect their gardens by spreading slug pellets, the slugs eat the pellets, the hedgehog eats the slugs then, the hedgehog dies too,
pests cause more problems even when to kill them,

"pests cause more problems even when to kill them"

Very true.

"I only look for the good in people and I go off that"

Like they did with Dr Shipman?


You (like many others) are being used Maureen.....tread carefully!

SD,I think I've enough intelligence to know when I'm being used.

"I hear lectriclegs had his arse smacked by Maureen"

You keep looking for the good in people then

I simply bowed to Momac's wish to end the conversation, Like the gentleman I am.

Now, if people want to call it a bottom smacking, so be it.

Stardelta,look back at this thread,it stands out like a sore thumb that you intend to keep an argument going, you keep jumping in between normal comments with stupid remarks,are you that unhappy with life,does it keep you going to try and take a rise out of people? I really feel sorry for you..even replying to you is taking some of my precious time,so excuse me,I have other things like life awaiting me.

Like I said before.....I have no desire to involve you Maureen, however I cant stop you from becoming involved.

.....unlike certain others

Goodbye,I've had enough sadness this last two years to cope with this as well..I'm off,

Momac stick with it or we will have lost another member to the idiots

Momac,
Hang in there. Don't let the dross drive you away.

I fully agree with Peter and Broady Momac, , You are worth 100 times their value,

Thank you all.x

SD we have crossed swords before... You now confirm what I thought previously.... "TOOL".
GET out more.. Get a Life.. Stop being the ultimate A***wipe.

I'll repeat this again.....Broady & I attended the Funeral of Caltermark who used to post on WW.His brother said that he'd enjoyed WW but there's always two who spoil it Basil Brush & Stardelta.This was about 5 years ago so things haven't improved..........stand your corner momac you're an intelligent lady,don't get involved

Thank you NJ..I've done with them now.x

Same from me momac..... take no notice of the neanderthal mentality of some posters, not worth wasting time on them. I very often am tempted to reply but find it more prudent to resist.

Anne,I've tried my best to ignore them but I hate bullying like you wouldn't believe,it really grates me to see them..as they think, get away with it.

Difficult I know but ignore ALL, ALL baitings.

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I think the same about SD, his sole intent is to cause trouble, backed up by Basil, I can't understand why both haven't been banned.