As most gardeners do, I like to collect my own seeds by allowing certain plants to go to seed after blossoming. Bees love the flowers in my veggie beds, so I am assured of providing them with a food source as well. To harvest the seed heads and hang them upside down in my shed…
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White Butterfly Control
Any gardeners out there will lament with me on the subject of white butterflies....certainly a lovely sight as they flit around the garden but for us gardeners, it strikes a chord of dread in our hearts. These unassuming little butterflies have a penchant for your garden greens, in particular, brassicas (cabbages). They flit around and…
Zucchini Tent
I love Spring! Real Spring, not the crazy beginnings of false Spring courtesy Climate Change. The last four years our Spring, normally celebrated on 1 September, has brought instead the wrath of a winter not wanting to head North but rather dig in and play havoc in our gardens. Spring has moved to a later…