Tag: Pests

  • Flowers in the Vegetable Garden for Pollinators

    Flowers in the Vegetable Garden for Pollinators

    Why Every Vegetable Garden Needs Flowers – Flowers for Pollinators and Beauty

  • 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…

  • 5 Symptoms that your Plant is Feeling Stressed & How to Make them feel better.

    The weather has been cooler this year with periods of rain and lack of long periods of full sun. These conditions are fantastic for cool loving vegetables like lettuce, carrots, parsnips, spinach. Lack of sunshine is not liked by courgettes, pumpkins or squash. How do I tell if my Vegetable Plant is feeling stressed? There…

  • 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…

  • 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…