A tale of gardening failure
My poor apple trees. I was raking up the leaves they’ve so generously been scattering all over my chicken run, …
Tag Archives: pests and diseases
Early autumn
You’d be forgiven for thinking this was an example of lovely autumn colour. It’s a horse chestnut tree not far …
I’ve been got
I thought it couldn’t be long – especially with the summer we’ve just had. Blight has made its first unwelcome …
Hasta la vista, ratties
This is a cob on my sweetcorn the day before I got my two feral cats to keep down the …
It’s a cabbage moth!
Remember those caterpillars I found on my client’s pelargoniums? Well – thank you to all who replied. Plant Mad Nige …
Canna blues
I was so pleased with the big canna I bought at Chelsea for a fiver… but look what’s happened to …
Mystery caterpillar
Can anyone identify this little chap? One of my clients asked me to have a look at some bedding she …
Meet my mousetraps
I don’t know why it is that none of those worthy tomes about growing things on allotments ever talk about …
Don’t Panic!
One of my clients has a small but much-loved bay bush as the central focal point in a rather pretty …
Horrible diseases
Here’s something to strike fear into your heart: first box blight laid waste to our clipped hedge topiaries, then it …
Sally Nex 