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In the garden 2022
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pjmburns
master brummie
It seems to be in too many papers to be an April 1st trick.
Here is one article
Slug pellets officially banned in the UK
Good news for organic, environmentally-friendly gardening
At first I thought it was an april fool, but below are two earlier references to the banning on them, one of them a government publication
www.fwi.co.uk
www.gov.uk
The second link states that they are to be phased out by March 31st 2022,
Metaldehyde slug pellets to be banned from spring 2022 - Farmers Weekly
A ban on the outdoor use of metaldehyde slug pellets is to be introduced across Great Britain from spring 2022. Defra farm minister Victoria Prentis said
www.fwi.co.uk
Outdoor use of metaldehyde to be banned to protect wildlife
Restrictions on the use of metaldehyde
Pedrocut
Master Barmmie
Can’t resist the site called “Grow like grandad”
www.growlikegrandad.co.uk
Metaldehyde Slug Pellets Finally Banned, What Are The Alternatives?
The UK government might not be doing a lot to impress anybody of late but one very recent announcement by Environment Secretary Michael Gove is to be praised. From the spring of 2020 slug pellets will no longer be allowed to contain Metaldehyde, with sales being banned 6 months from now (summer...
www.growlikegrandad.co.uk
Vivienne14
Kentish Brummie
This is one of my favourite shrubs, Coronilla Citrina. Currently it’s flowering profusely, despite the ferocious winds and snow/sleet of the last few days. The leaves are a nice blue, grey colour. It’s a become a bit battered after the extreme weather, and has come away from its fixings, but it’s still going strong. I love the perfume it gives off. It also flowers more than once a year. Don’t know if it’s supposed to. It’s in a relatively sheltered spot, so maybe it likes it there. Viv.
Vivienne14
Kentish Brummie
My daughter bought me this for Mother’s Day. A little slate roofed house stuffed with alpaca wool. I can see the birds are definitely helping themselves, but I’ve yet to see them in action. Viv.
Nico
master brummie
Whar does it smell like
Vivienne14
Kentish Brummie
A strong peachy smell with hints of my mums Max Factor face powder ! It’s a very heavy scent, wafts all over the garden, loved by bees of course. Seems to need very little attention, except trim it back as it can get top heavy. Loaded with flowers, which before they open remind me of sweet peas. You can see a cluster of unopened flowers just below the open flowers in this picture. I like the leaves too. Sometimes use it in flower arrangements. Viv.
Brummie a long time ago
master brummie
This Forsythia is here to hide my shed and trailer from the house. The left hand bush is a slightly different colour to the others, and comes into bloom a bit later than the others. During the winter, we have a couple of bird feeders in front of these, and the traffic between them and the bushes is continuous during the day. Even without the blossom, having a small exposure during flight reduces the threat of the sparrow hawk.
During the winter -- Ha. Woke up to this today.
Andrew.
Richard Dye
master brummie
We live in Tennessee where the weather has been unusually cold, 15 f below normal, whatever normal is these days. yesterday these Tulip finally emerged. Last night we had a frost warning, but they survived! we are hopeful now that the rest of our flowers will bloom!
Pedrocut
Master Barmmie
I looked at the picture before the explanation and thought there was a locomotive passing along the bottom of the garden.
Richard Dye
master brummie
Finally the sun came out & so did the flowers!
Nico
master brummie
What I meant about wlld flowers the yellow ones I am not sure. All these come up where they like they just appear. And spot the birdie.I entered the garage through the side door, the double doors are broken anyway, he followed me in and went straight to his nest, then flew out to watch me, perched on the washing line I have of old paint rags, then up on to the ladder. They normally enter under the roof gap. I can't hear the babies yet but he might have been feeding his mate, they feed each other outside. There is another a pair who live at the front but the ones in the garage fight them off as the feeder is in the back. They have to get in fast. What I have noticed is they are less aggressive to other bird species than usual apart from the dunnocks, who don't give in. After all, food is food.
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Today we had 2 males and a female visit. The one male was very shy and despite my efforts I couldn't get a picture of the 2 males together.
Richard Dye
master brummie
Some more of our flowers have sprung up!
Our concern is that we have a frost & snow warning for tonight (Saturday) so we will bring inside as many as we can then cover the remainder.
The normal temperature for where we live in TN is 73 to 75f. Today our high was 48f!
jmadone
master brummie
A Periwinkle?