It's good to see a positive set of posts for the much maligned wasp. If we're lucky the weather will persuade them to keep their brood going a bit longer than usual.

I have a Virginia creeper that gets up to all manner of mischief. Every year a tendril creeps into the house and each year my wife tuts and rips it down. Last year she managed to pull quite a substantial piece of ceiling too! I have a little bet with myself to see how long it can get before she noti...

Just one more post in it's defence. Go take a really good look at what it is and does. Look closely at its clinging roots for example and the arrangement of the leaves on a wall. I think you'll notice their fragility and smallness. A brick wall's biggest threat is ice. It enters tiny crevices as wat...

Why do you want to kill Ivy, it's a glorious plant. It's more or less the final nectar flow of the year for the bees, it's fruits feed Blackbirds at the time they need something and it does more good than harm to old trees and buildings.