Ah, the colour. It was dark, possibly almost black. The defence against a spider 10 times its size was amazing... then it flew off. Tail was like a scorpion. I was kind of hoping the spider would get stung, as I don't care much for giant shed spiders! I think it was the Inchneumeon wasp by the looks...

Today I witnessed an epic battle. In our shed there is a massive spider. I am not too bad with spiders but this think is huge. Very meaty, jet black and very quick. I see it pop out to demolish the odd woodlouse, bee, fly, earwig or anything. It lives on the top of an old piano. Anyway, today a crea...

Haha, I missed the exile question!

I am from Cannock in the Midlands, but since the age of 18 I have lived everywhere except the Midlands although my family are there and it feels like I am in exile - especially when in the Big Smoke!

Nope, it's dead. I put out rat traps for the first time ever as I was convinced I saw one. First day it caught this little fella (about 5/6 inches nose to tail tip) and I felt guilty and stopped leaving them out. I am worried about catching hedgehogs or little cats as I am using little bits of meat ...

I have red mite! I found a few of them in a nook. Right, 'Operation Destroy' is going to have to start. Tips?

Thanks,

They have been good this year, that is only from 3 plants (and not all of them), the chickens got a couple of them (hence nibble marks) as they grew over the fence!

Gregg

I will check this weekend! Thanks guys. I am back up to 4 eggs from the 8. A couple just seemed to have stopped, though.

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Hi, thanks for the reply.

How do I know if I have mites?

Regards

Gregg

Hello, We used to get 7 or 8 eggs a day from our 8 ladies back around Easter. They are all under 1 yr old. However, we now get 2 to 4 eggs a day and it it driving me crazy. I have wormed them, I have cleaned them out, I have increased the water but nothing. I have caught the off one eating eggs, esp...

Hi, Just a quick one... my Marrows have been ace this year. I have had 12 over 30cm from 4 plants and they just keep coming. The question is - why are the odd one totally white? I mean not a single bit of green at all? They are on the same plant and are the same size, but are just white. Any ideas? ...