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Tag Archives: pests and diseases

A tale of gardening failure

November 10, 2009

My poor apple trees. I was raking up the leaves they’ve so generously been scattering all over my chicken run, …

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Early autumn

October 3, 2008

You’d be forgiven for thinking this was an example of lovely autumn colour. It’s a horse chestnut tree not far …

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I’ve been got

September 29, 2008

I thought it couldn’t be long – especially with the summer we’ve just had. Blight has made its first unwelcome …

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Hasta la vista, ratties

September 24, 2008

This is a cob on my sweetcorn the day before I got my two feral cats to keep down the …

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It’s a cabbage moth!

September 22, 2008

Remember those caterpillars I found on my client’s pelargoniums? Well – thank you to all who replied. Plant Mad Nige …

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Canna blues

September 19, 2008

I was so pleased with the big canna I bought at Chelsea for a fiver… but look what’s happened to …

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Mystery caterpillar

September 12, 2008

Can anyone identify this little chap? One of my clients asked me to have a look at some bedding she …

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Meet my mousetraps

September 8, 2008

I don’t know why it is that none of those worthy tomes about growing things on allotments ever talk about …

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Don’t Panic!

April 7, 2008

One of my clients has a small but much-loved bay bush as the central focal point in a rather pretty …

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Horrible diseases

September 25, 2007

Here’s something to strike fear into your heart: first box blight laid waste to our clipped hedge topiaries, then it …

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