I let mine grow, they help bees and aerate the soil. What's not to love?

Your neighbour is right, birds nest till August then need to hang around for 3 weeks with their parents till independent. Blackbirds can't fend for themselves once they've left the nest they need the hedge to survive. More people should leave their hedge to go wild for nature.

I have blackbirds with a nest too. Unfortunately found a dead baby the other day , hopefully the rest will survive. I have had to patch up the hedge with cardboard and sticks and hedge cuttings to keep the local cats off them.I like the cats so it's hard shooing them away. The black birds call when ...

I've had dreadlocks the last 6 years, but even before that I'd only ever ventured into a hairdressers one time and said never again. I grew up with my mam cutting my hair so it just seemed the norm that you cut and died your own hair. Now I cut my daughters. I'm not saying we've all had great hairst...