When Life Gives You Vine Weevils, Use Nematodes
As many gardeners know, pests can sometimes be a major issue. One pest that we had never encountered before was the vine weevil. Last autumn, we experienced firsthand the damage…
As many gardeners know, pests can sometimes be a major issue. One pest that we had never encountered before was the vine weevil. Last autumn, we experienced firsthand the damage…
This is the first year that we’ve seen damage from vine weevils in our back garden and we lost four heucheras. Because we grow quite a lot of other plants…
Given our rural location, we are constantly battling slugs in the vegetable and flower garden. Regular followers and readers will know that we try to garden as organically and naturally…
Our biggest ongoing battle in the vegetable garden last year was undoubtedly against slugs that persistently ravaged our lettuce, brassicas, pak choy and potatoes, so we are very pleased that…
In April, I posted my concerns about slugs and snails, but nothing could have prepared me for what ensued in June; fighting slugs has undeniably become our number one priority…
Growing your own vegetables is filled with satisfaction when you pick and harvest food, but the process is equally stressful for first time gardeners like us, and I’ll briefly touch…
We purchased a few packs of nematodes a couple of weeks ago from Nematodes Direct to help us organically and naturally remove certain pests from our raised beds.
Last week, while preparing our newly constructed raised beds, I came across a wireworm in the soil, which was not good news as we intend to grow potatoes and other…