A number of terms exist to describe waste material from creatures’ droppings, faeces or dung to the more colourful ‘cow pies’ or ‘road apples’ used to describe cattle and horse excrement respectively. Frass however, is not an everyday term...
Sadler’s Water Mill is an historic Grade II Listed building on the River Test in Romsey, Hampshire. The mill currently on this site, was rebuilt in 1748 by Lord Palmerston but later fell into disrepair. After being derelict for...
The South Devon Railway Trust (SDR) are the custodians of seven miles of former Great Western Railway branch line, built in 1872. They run steam trains with heritage rolling stock, travelling along the stunning Dart valley from Buckfastleigh to...
Spring can bring out more than just the blossom on the trees and the flowers in the garden. Adult woodboring beetles start to emerge from about April, making round or oval shaped holes in timber, leaving sharp edges. These...
Please excuse the pun, but Woodworm (the larvae of wood boring beetles) where exactly would they be hiding in your property? This can depend on a variety of things; from the structural integrity of the property, how it was...
It is quite possible you may not realise you have a woodworm problem until the resultant damage (done by the beetle larvae) becomes visible, as the adult beetles emerge. Depending on the wood-boring beetle species it can take anywhere...