Member Advice on Pest Deterrent

Herbs suffer pests and diseases just the same as other plants; this review is how to spot them and also how to deal with them. As you may have guessed I am very into organic gardening, which I use in my garden and on my allotment. It's not easy being organic as some pests are not very nice to pick of, but hopefully I will give you some advice to keep that dreaded chemical out of the garden. **Biological control Biological controls are becoming very popular with people demanding them, even on "A year at Kew" shown on the BBC was using them a few weeks ago. What is Biological control? Well it ... more

With two baby tortoises about to wander around the garden this summer, I realised I can no longer go sprinkling my slug pellets about willy-nilly. I have therefore had to consider the habits of slugs and snails very carefully and ways to dispose of them naturally. I remember sitting outside one summers evening last year and remember being able to hear the little buggers munching away at my plants. Armed with a torch I sprinkled pellets merrily around them. Favourite Delicacies for the Pests Tulip Lily Delphinium Lupine Pri mula Sweet Pea Strawberries Lettuce Basil Plants they hate All herbs ... more

Suger and spice and all things nice, thats what little girls are made of. Slugs and snails and puppy dogs tails, thats what little boys are made of. He he, thats what my nan used to sing when I was a little girl, I thought I would start by sharing that with you. Ok, that over with, now I will be serious. :)Well, spring is over and the summer is almost upon us, if we in good old blighty get one that is. I love my garden, it's only small, comprising of three layered patios. No beds, no boarders, no lawn, just tubs and baskets. Low maintenance but high impact, a bit like me really….lol. So it's a ... more

A sinister visitor is making it's way across the United Kingdom, quietly creeping from garden to garden in the dead of night, hunting out and voraciously consuming it's defenceless prey. It sneaks up behind it's victim, corrosive digestive juices flow from it's skin, it brings it's entire body weight down upon it before clamping it's jaws on the unfortunate creature's body and literally sucks the insides out, leaving the shrivelled remains to dry out in the sun. Not the plot line from the latest Stephen King novel, but rather more sinister, and unfortunately real! Escaped panthers living in ... more

Six years ago I moved into a house with a major slug problem in the garden. Slugs, by the way, as you probably know, have healthy appetites for most plants, fruit and veg. Every time it rained and often when it didn’t, hundreds of slugs came out in droves – black ones, brown ones, striped and spotted ones, long and thin, short and fat ones – so many different kinds of slugs. But I had this idea that I wanted to garden organically, so I have tried numerous methods of dealing with the problem. Well six years on and the garden has nothing like the slugs it had once had but then the weather has ... more