Hi all, I have an infestation of beetles that have appeared on my lavender and rosemary pot. They are small (little finger nail sized) and a...
my birdfeeder combined with attracting my local hedgehog seems to have worked for me! Slug heaven last year, very few slugs this year. I had used...
ah, thanks chaps! Its black ants - I re-potted at the start of spring so it will be a surprise if there is a nest in the pot itself but I guess...
never had this before but have loads and loads of ants all over my blackcurrant, blueberry and strawberries (which all sit in pots by each other)....
my parents had this, they let them have one end of the lawn and fed them, very few holes following that. If you don't fancy that I think the...
you can buy fake wasp nests to hang in your garden, wasps are quite territorial and so are unlikely to come over (apparently) it certainly works...
crikey!!well said claire.
Please help! My garden is fenced in with a hedge on one side. I always assumed the only animals who could get in would climb or fly .. But this...
I'm with claire on this. I worry about my cat being a nuisance to others but I have a mix of gravel, soil and cat litter in a corner and then...
I was totally shocked to find almost everything had survived - I just lost a french lavender. And I was very lazy and didn't cover anything! I...
hum, mine seem happy enough in the pot..... my friend did say put loads of broken pot in the bottom to drain and water once a week till water...
I thought I'd have an organic garden. 2 years on and the green & black fly and slugs are such a problem, I'm using chemicals. As and when needed...
I'm back with my humble pie ;-) Did a bit more research (thanks for prompting that!!) and I am going to switch them round and put the blackcurrant...
Thanks Claire. I have a wine berry that I did that with and it was very happy so was thinking the blackberry should be ok spiralling up a pyramid....
ps - nice bargain for the blueberry! :-)
I did wonder but its a small garden and the blackberry will probably try to take over - they can be a bit keen sometimes!!! Blackcurrants seem to...
hi guys,2 questions. I brought a black currant and a blackberry from the garden centre (£1 each!!) big bargain because they were very dry and...
aphids, slugs, snails - grrrrr
that looks lovely! I would love to have mine looking like that. Think I'll wait for it to stop flowering and give it a prune - I can sacrifice 1...
I know, can you imagine!! It's totally in the shade on my side of the hedge (partly hence the problem!) but have done a fair bit of research and...
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