Pests, Diseases and Cures

It’s a big problem for sure. I no longer grow vegetables so no longer such a problem for me personally. Now I grow only slug tolerant plants as there are plenty of ornamental things that will not succumb to slugs. It is much more concerning to me that metaldehyde has been extensively used on a...

Mice are not a health hazard but they can pick up nasty things but at this time of the year they looking for somewhere nice and warm but if anything that comes on tiggs territory zap he got it infact he cleared mice, rats ,cats away But mice will try to get anywhere despite you tidy the shed...

I think the tree is about 12years old. There is no damage to the tree although I am removing a lot of hawthorn that is dead / dying so that may not be helping.The tree didn't seem stressed although it didn't bear a lot of fruit

Ha ha I'm often causing confusing...probably because I'm thinking of ten things at once! Thanks for the help - will report back over the year! :D

That was the first thing that popped into my head Irving Berlin was one of the greatest songwriters.

Probably one of the most interesting (but not the prettiest) life-forms on the planet , and not really related to anything else . These remarkable organisms have the 'ability' to reconfigure their cellular structure according to the current conditions . They normally exist as an amoeba-like...

Sounds like. Where is the tea JohnNo idea. Thought you drank coffee.!!!

Ye gods! something is eating my plant/s. Now you perhaps tend to change sides. Why? what do I mean. #Gardening, horticulture and all that. So perhaps we start off with pot plant. That's nice says a friend. What is it? It's a plant, can't you see? Yes but what kind of plant? Now we...

I'll give it a go

I don't have apple trees, but apple tree scab comes to mind.

Yes and yes! Nasty little creatures!

C'est la vie

I found these strange marks on some of my tomatoes. They seem to have only affected several fruits which are close to each other. I was wondering if somebody could tell me what causes this?Thanks! Aldo

There are also very attractive and very floriferous forsythia varieties now too....however, if you do decide to plant another then do so in a different site Bgfloyd Sparrows here seem adaptable.....they have decided to swarm in and around an archway of honeysuckles; I think previously they...

The answer is to make an electric fence

I was only quoting from a County Council website and from the government's DEFRA website. The bit about interpretation came directly from a discussion with an Environmental Health Officer as I happened to be in a (social) meeting with him (and others). He made some interesting, off the...

This is what slugs can do when they beat me to the local puffballs (you may need to click on he attachment link to view the pic)

Hi all can anyone tell me what's wrong with this 2 year old plant. Leaves are curled up and some leaves have large brown patches? Thanks

This has answered the exact same query I have. We're lucky enough to have a colony of sparrows in our garden and the primulas are on a table which is quite close to the 'bird cafe', the only difference being that the primulas in question are white with a yellow centre. May be our sparrows like...

I can very well understand peoples likes and dislikes, tolerance and hatred.Foxes usually start the controversay. Pests, vermin, kill the lot of them. WHY? Look back at the natural history of Britain. We have destroyed acres and miles of forest land. Not only that. We have hunted down,...