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Curled tomato leaves

If you have a small greenhouse or polytunnel in your garden or allotment plot and you find that your plants, especially some quick growing...

Make your own garlic spray

In this hot weather the aphids are having the time of their short life. Broad beans, roses and many other plants and vegetables are...

Growing coriander

Coriander (Coriandrum sativum) is native to Southern Europe and North Africa. It is widely used in Asian cooking. Coriander also called cilantro especially in...

Mulching

Thanks to Helen’s excellent post about mulching I have decided to give it a good go last night. I really don’t know why I...

Perfect Pollination

  One of the greatest delights in the summer garden are home grown fruits. Many of the most delicious fruits quickly loose their texture and...

Solitary bees

Solitary bees live and rear their offspring on their own. The females are all fertile and make their own small nests. There are about...