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I was at a garden party the other day and when a small insect zoomed across the garden, our hostess went ever-so-slightly berserk. Indeed, while you may wonder how one would go “ever-so-slightly” …
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One of the things that many home gardeners use netting for is frost protection (but not insect control) but there is increasing use of fine netting in Europe that we can learn from here in our home …
This beetle is one of the major pests of asparagus in the garden and damage is caused by both the larva and adult insect.Both stages of this insect feed on asparagus stems and the resulting damage …
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There are usually three methods of controlling slugs naturally that you'll read about in gardening articles. Handpicking or You Gotta Be Kidding Me The first is hand-picking. Really! Some …
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One of the interesting things that scientists are looking at right now are ways to attract predator insects to the garden. Instead of designing more insecticides to kill off pests, the aim is to …
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When I had my nursery, I used to dread springtime when the mosquitoes and black-flies would roll out from the nearby cedar trees. They'd make our working lives a living hell and customers who ventured …
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