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Topic: What's burrowing a hole in my grass? |
bothyhead
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Forum: Irish Lawns and grass care Posted: Sat Feb 05, 2011 3:25 pm Subject: What's burrowing a hole in my grass? |
That's an interesting thread James, thanks.
One thing I can say for certain is that we're not on limestone bedrock, and it's not a burst pipe. We're right smack in the middle of the Macamores, wit ... |
Topic: What's burrowing a hole in my grass? |
bothyhead
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Forum: Irish Lawns and grass care Posted: Sat Feb 05, 2011 2:30 pm Subject: What's burrowing a hole in my grass? |
Yes, I live in Ireland, the sunny South-East. If this helps, here are a couple of pictures:
http://img812.imageshack.us/img812/8033/hole01.jpghttp://img811.imageshack.us/img811/5496/hole02.jpg |
Topic: What's burrowing a hole in my grass? |
bothyhead
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Forum: Irish Lawns and grass care Posted: Fri Feb 04, 2011 10:21 pm Subject: What's burrowing a hole in my grass? |
Cool! once it's not a rat, I don't mind  |
Topic: What's burrowing a hole in my grass? |
bothyhead
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Forum: Irish Lawns and grass care Posted: Thu Feb 03, 2011 5:56 pm Subject: What's burrowing a hole in my grass? |
We have an animal that's burrowing a hole into the ground. The hole is approx 2.5 inches in diameter, and is in an open area of the garden, perhaps about 6 feet from the wall of the house. There are n ... |
Topic: Is my Griselinia hedge is dying? |
bothyhead
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Forum: Shrubs in Ireland ... Hedging in Ireland Posted: Thu Jun 03, 2010 5:13 pm Subject: Is my Griselinia hedge is dying? |
Damn
Thanks James |
Topic: Is my Griselinia hedge is dying? |
bothyhead
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Forum: Shrubs in Ireland ... Hedging in Ireland Posted: Thu Jun 03, 2010 8:22 am Subject: Is my Griselinia hedge is dying? |
p.s. I forgot to mention that a couple of years ago I had to cut down a 30-year-old Rowan tree, which was planted in the same area. This died over a period of 4 years. Once cut, I could see that the d ... |
Topic: Is my Griselinia hedge is dying? |
bothyhead
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Forum: Shrubs in Ireland ... Hedging in Ireland Posted: Wed Jun 02, 2010 9:57 pm Subject: Is my Griselinia hedge is dying? |
Hi Michael,
I must Google this Phythopthora, but it doesn't sound good
We were already thinking of replacing the dead shrubs with variegated Privet, so it's good to hear that as a recommendat ... |
Topic: Is my Griselinia hedge is dying? |
bothyhead
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Forum: Shrubs in Ireland ... Hedging in Ireland Posted: Tue Jun 01, 2010 11:05 am Subject: Is my Griselinia hedge is dying? |
Hi all,
We have a 35-year-old Griselinia hedge, which is having a bit of a hard time at the moment. The hedge runs down both sides of the garden for about 30 meters. On one side (West) the hedge i ... |
Topic: Anyone recognize this tree/shrub? |
bothyhead
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Forum: Garden Photo gallery & Plant Identification area Posted: Wed May 26, 2010 3:02 pm Subject: Anyone recognize this tree/shrub? |
That's magic James, thanks!
I got this from the google link you posted.
Madonna Elder is a multi-stemmed deciduous shrub with an upright spreading habit of growth
I can confirm that its new ... |
Topic: Anyone recognize this tree/shrub? |
bothyhead
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Forum: Garden Photo gallery & Plant Identification area Posted: Wed May 26, 2010 2:38 pm Subject: Anyone recognize this tree/shrub? |
Hi guys,
My dad planted this tree from a slip about 25 years ago. It's now about pretty large, say 3 meters. Does anyone know what it is?
Also, the fact that the bark is broken in places, is tha ... |
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