Don’t kill wasps even if they ruin your picnic – they’re just as important as bees, scientists warn. Wasps are being wiped out as quickly as bees – and their disappearance will be just as disastrous, according to new research. … ‘But human-wasp interactions are often unpleasant as they ruinRead More →

Share All sharing options for: A&E’s The Killing Season is only a so-so true crime series, but it’s a powerful social documentary. A memorial photo of Evelyn Salazar, one of 11 victims of the West Mesa murders. … Unlike his previous documentaries, which dealt with urban legends, this story isRead More →

Install an owl decoy. … Shield your bird feeders. … Scare hawks with noise deterrents. … Install roosting spikes on perching areas. … Cover your livestock with net. … Remove hawk vantage points. … Remove food sources. … Get a rooster. How do you scare away a hawk? Reflective deterrentsRead More →

Having become Lord of Harrenhal, Petyr plans to sail to the Eyrie to propose marriage to Lysa Arryn, taking Sansa with him. … Baelish, in turn, gives this information to Tywin Lannister, who has Sansa wed Tyrion instead. Realising that Ros has betrayed him, Baelish hands her over to JoffreyRead More →

The most practical ‘cure’ is to cut all dead patches to the ground. In many cases this means cutting the whole hedge to the ground. It sounds drastic, but cotoneasters respond quite well to drastic pruning. A new hedge will grow back within a few years as long as theRead More →