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Woke to fairly clear skies so I've just finished spraying path weed killer on the drive, patio and paths. Guess what! It's just started raining...
I don't know if neem will work for stink bugs but it does work for aphids. Here's a link to a site in the US that should answer some of your...
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Came home Saturday after a week away and just couldn't believe it when I found two 'deposits' on top of the fleece covering my main crop spuds :gaah:
I'm with Pete on this. My guess is that it's red spider mite. If it is it will spread unless you get on top of it. You can slow it by keeping the...
Jack, I sowed 12 climbing french beans on 16th this month in loo rolls bedded on compost on the kitchen window sill and kept the compost just...
The bush looks at least four or five years old. My guess, and it is a guess, is that it needs repotting into a very much bigger container. Another...
Leave it as it is and try and not disturb their nest. As you say, the bees are most likely to be accessing through a small gap.
Thanks folks! Zigs - I don't think it's A triquetum as it doesn't have green stripes in the leaves. Seems most likely to be wild garlic as it is...
"Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise" - Proverbs 6:6. Utterly fascinating creatures - humanity in miniature.!
Blueberies are very hardy, we've two planted outside and they've survived some very severe frosts,so doubt if your problem is due to frost unless...
There were a few of these pretty little things growing near a campsite in the Scottish highlands where we were staying last week. Not a great...
That's an impressive agave in the background Zigs. Can I interest you in a bit of old wood from the true cross to go with the olive leaf you...
We had two grown from cuttings taken in Greece about 7 or 8 years ago. One snuffed it 3 years ago during the harsh winter. The remaining one...
Sowed climbing french beans in loo rolls and put on kitchen window sill.(Too hot in GH). Put up hoops and enviromesh over carrots. Dug in worm...
Much the same here Sheal. About half our daffs still in full bloom and some tulips just opened. Let's have a bit of that global warming :biggrin:
The past 24 hours the max has been 12.4, min 1.6 ! Ought to be wearing shorts and tee shirt in the garden at this time of year but still in jeans...
It's a bit too cold yet here in Scotland for planting out. Mine are currently in 3" pots in an unheated though well insulated greenhouse. I'm...
I plant about 12" apart which is more than enough. As said above chard is a bit sweeter than leaf beet. The leafy bits cook in next to no time. We...
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