Category: Pests

  • Brussels Sprouts – Dealing with the Cabbage White Butterfly & Caterpillars

    Brussels Sprouts – Dealing with the Cabbage White Butterfly & Caterpillars

    I’m on a mission this year to grow Brussels Sprouts and I’m pinning all my hopes on a new method of planting called ‘Hiding the plant in the greenhouse!’ Yes, I am serious. You may say, “that’s ridiculous” or you may say “actually you might have a good idea there”. We are about to see…

  • Part 6 – Tomatoes – Common Diseases & Solutions

    Part 6 – Tomatoes – Common Diseases & Solutions

    Here is a helping hand to let you know what diseases your plants may suffer with if you are growing tomatoes and common solutions. 1. Blossom End Rot What is Blossom End Rot? This is a disease where the bottom of the tomato rots before or after the tomato is fully formed. What does the…

  • Strawberries – My leaves look like lace, what’s eating my strawberry leaves?

    It’s June, it’s Strawberry harvesting season, and some pests want to butt into the harvest party like an uninvited guest! The latest pest on our Strawberry plants, have shredded the leaves leaving elongated oval shapes in the leaves. The strawberry leaves look like lace, so let’s look at what might be eating the leaves. Strawberry…

  • Pest – Pigeons attacking Peas

    I am new to this problem but Pigeons are attacking my Peas! A Wood Pigeons favourite vegetables are Peas, brassica family like cabbage leaves and broccoli leaves. They also like berries, currants and strawberries. Signs that Pigeons are attacking your Plants Solutions – How do I stop the Pigeons eating my Pea plants? The Pest…

  • Pests – How to Grow Veg & Live with Slugs & Snails

    Pests – How to Grow Veg & Live with Slugs & Snails

    We all know Slugs and Snails are very unpopular creatures however they have inhabited gardens and soil for years. All About Slugs and Snails Slugs and snails are from the family of mollusks that now live on land. Their cousins are sea dwelling and Slugs evolved from Snails. Slugs and snails have to keep moist…

  • ‘Nature does it best’ Pest Control in the Vegetable Garden

    ‘Nature does it best’ Pest Control in the Vegetable Garden

    I grow vegetables organically, this means with no chemicals but sometimes it is a challenge to keep the pests away from your prized vegetables. I’ll be exploring a few different methods of pest control, some that I use in our vegetable plot. Black fly, Green Fly and White Fly Black fly, Green fly and White…

  • Pesky Pests in the Vegetable Garden – Aphids, Blackfly and Greenfly

    This year there seems to be an explosion of blackfly, greenfly and green aphids on quite a number of fruit, vegetables and flowers we are growing. We have blackfly on our apple tree leaves which are making them curl up. We have blackfly underneath the leaves on our sunflowers and there are greenfly on the…

  • The ‘Keep Out the Cabbage White Butterfly’ Cage Trial for my Brussels Sprouts

    I love butterflies but with one exception, the dreaded Cabbage White Butterfly. If you have ever grown cabbages or any other brassica you’ll know what I’m talking about. I have seen first hand the devastation the cabbage white butterflies and their caterpillars can unleash on my Brussels Sprouts two years ago. I was a beginner…