HELP! Invaded by wire worms in my veg plot at the moment,i'd never come across them before now,they've destoyed my lettuce and sweetcorn which hadn't been in long.I've been searching through my soil for these pests and chopping them in half.Has anyone any advice it would be much appreciated.
this is all really good we have a small pond wiv great crested newt nd gold crested newts an frogs nd toads and the smooth newt and as bees go there hundreds of them its brillian and we hav also seen hundreds of ladybirds this year too we have just had sum rain tonite the first propa rain we have ad few a few months or more now its relly freshened the air nd doin the garden some good cya every1 ...... north yorkshire
Lots of all types of insects, bees, butterflies and a fantastically large beetle which took us a while to identify but turned out to be a Cock Chafer also known as a billy witch or May bug, big and flying mid April with it's wings causing a wonderful buzzing sound and it's beautiful shiny back reflecting our garden light
The rain has just stopped and it is very warm and sunny in bristol and, my goodness, the butterflies,especially the orange tips ,are out feeding in some numbers. Absolutely delightful.
Can anyone tell me if i can give chicken pellets to my sunflowers to help them get tall with large flower heads, I am trying to beat my brother this year, and i have not grown them before. I just about to plant them out as the are now very healthy looking and 15 ins tall.
Ihave very recently photographed a WALL BROWN butterfly in my garden. it's the first one i have seen in this part of north cheshire.Have also noticed an increase in the Dunnock and Robin populations.
Due to a large sycamore tree @ the bottom of the garden which is usually home to aphids that send sticky dew over my garden; today we have had swarms of greenfly coming off the tree & into the gardens. These have been followed by ladybird larve but they aren't fast enough to stop the aphids attacking my broadbeans! This feels far too early to be dealing with greenfly
I mentioned above that the bees had not really treated our Poppies with much interest this year. After the rain last weekend though they too were going berserk! Some photos here.
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