General Chat

once every 22 yrs eh? tell'em I'm jealous! A

lucky you lot I have just been mowing the garden (it was looking a bit like a meadow) and I uncovered a bumble bee nest and have found baby frogs jumping about and I aint even got a pond! Jan x

eeewwww we had the little so n so's yesterday. They always come out when its humid I thought it may have thundered but is apparently going to today in Manchester. Im so soft though I feel mean killing them so I just close all the doors now slugs n snails on the other hand!! have a good day Jan x

Tracy - I'm sure nature has gone barmy this year - flowers are blooming twice, seeds aren't germinating at all, plum tree looks as if it's had it completely and I've got some really strange coloured bees around - must be global warming!! Magsx

Morning Mags! Theres loads under our patio slabs, hubby lifted a couple the other day and tons came out. Me and my two kids were trying to stamp on them. We got quite a few but what can you do! We've used the powder, the sprays, the gel, i think like you say the problem is just getting worse. We've never had trouble with them this bad before. Tracey

Morning Tracy, We've got a bigger problem with ants this year than we have had in the past - they've pushed up all the sand from under the patio slabs - so they will need re-laying. Going to cement them in this time - let the little b****ers try and push them up!!! Our 'wing' day was at the week end but there's still a few around - always somebody late for the party lol Magsx

They are really getting on my nerves!! Got a terrible problem with ants in the garden and occasionally in the house. Apparently the flying ones are the males (that explains a lot then LOL!!) and this time of the year is when they mate. I'm not sure if they die within a few days after mating too. There you go - science lesson over!! Tracey

if they were on viagra their wings would be so stiff ,they woldn,t be able to walk or fly,so much for their sex life on the pill.Fred.

They must have found Viagra

Had them around london about week - 10 days ago.

One day. What a load of rubbish. Had them last week and then again yesterday.

It must be the mating day!

Must be something to do with the weather I think, its been really hot and humid today

It was about a week ago here.

has anyone else been plagued today by these horrible creatures! I was sat in the garden this afternoon and they just seemed to appear from nowhere.. hundreds of them! I was fighting a losing battle withonly a kettle full of boiling water!! It only seems to happen on one day of the year ?why