Aphids have been in the news these last few weeks or so. A swarm of aphids at Wimbledon? Clouds of them at Hampton Court and OK there have been a few in my greenhouse too. But get a grip everyone! Read more…
Garden Wildlife - Friends & Foes
The Summer Solstice is a funny date in the diary; it marks the point in the calendar when the daylight hours are the longest and the hours of darkness the shortest.
It’s a great time for plant growth and the plants really benefit from the longer growing hours, but for me it always seems disappointing. Read more…
Considering that I don’t like killing things and rarely resort to even organic controls of greenhouse pests and problems I have to say I am pretty fed up today. Read more…
Never mind the excitement for the Royal Wedding, I’ve had far more exciting things happening in my garden this week!
A flock of hungry and very exotic looking birds turned up suddenly for 3 or 4 days and then completely stripped a large cotoneaster shrub of all of its berries. Read more…
