Articles, tagged with "slugs and snails", page 1
Ideas For Your Most Beautiful Garden Ever!
A lot of people think tending a garden is totally beyond them, but that's true only for people who don't do their research. Knowing what it takes to correctly grow your plants will take you from an amateur to a master in no time. You can greatly increase ...
Helping Your Garden Hedgehogs
The UK hedgehog population is in difficulty. They are becoming a threatened species that are facing many problems. The destruction of their habitat, as well as facing the traffic on our roads means their numbers are dwindling. Hedgerows and grasslands are...
Studying Insects
The study of insects is called entomology. Entomology is a sub-section of biology and is one of the oldest sciences. Man has been learning the habits of insects, usually with a view to eradicating them, since the first plague of locusts landed on primitiv...
Why Use Garden Slug
So many of use cringe at the sight of the garden slug. This slow creature within the snail's family members tends to make a powerful enemy in home gardens. First of all, it has a great regeneration capability, and eggs can lie inactive within the garden e...
Attracting Garden Birds
Garden Birds
Many people go to great lengths to keep birds out of their garden. Pigeons will eat tender fruit and smaller species will happily make a snack of newly sown seeds. However our feathered friends also do a lot of good, eating insects, slugs an...
Why haven’t my seeds come up?
There are dozens of reasons why your seeds may not yet have germinated, but all is not lost. Try and establish the cause of this crop failure and sow some more. Even the most experienced gardener suffers losses, the secret is not to give up and try again....
Common Garden Pests
Plants are no different from humans or animals. At some point of their life they will encounter pests and diseases during their life time. Therefore keeping an eye out for problems can help save the situation. Of course the earlier you catch the problem t...
Pest Free Garden - How To Create Yours
In such stressful times people are finding a variety of ways to relax such as gardening. Gardening can be a rewarding activity. There's nothing more relaxing than sitting in your backward with tea and seeing the fruits of your labor. Every gardener strive...
Jan 2011 – Easy Seeds
All seeds have the potential to grow. Each little brown casing contains everything needed to sustain the seed in the first few hours of growth, all it needs to get started, usually, is a little warmth and water. Some seeds have more exact needs and may re...
Greenhouse Calendar
Snow is a great insulator, but when the greenhouse is covered in snow and the glass thick with ice the greenhouse gardener has a dilemma. Is it safe to open the door and check on the plants or is it better to keep what little heat is in there inside?
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Gardening with Your Children
Helping Your Kids Grow Their Own Vegetables
One of the absolute joys of growing your own vegetables is to allow your children to participate in the process.
Children are naturally curious and inquisitive and the whole process of growing seeds or see...
Hints And Tips For Open Fires
There's something almost instinctive about an open fire that makes them continue to be popular. Even if they aren't quite as efficient as enclosed log burners for heating your home, they still do a pretty good job. They may give off a bit of smoke, but ac...
Garden Wildlife
As the garden starts its slow decent into autumn the hues, and colour balance within the borders begin to take on richer, redder and rustic golden tones. It’s the time to savour the last seasonal efforts of the plants to complete their yearly cycle before...
Autumn Pest Watch
Autumn is a great time to take stock of the whole garden, to make a mental note of any problems and to start your own preparations for the months ahead.
Bug alert
Plants that have finished flowering should be tidied up for the winter. Cut back any d...