If you have always wanted to know about the world of different Types of Dragonfly in the Garden, then this post is a must-read!
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According to the Herb Society of America planting garlic around rose bushes keep the pests and diseases away from it and also enhance their fragrance.
Cut 5 garlic cloves and pour 1 liter of boiling water over it. Leave this mixture for 24 hours, then drain and dilute it with 3 liters of water. Pour the mixture into a sprayer and spray it on the plants suffering from powdery mildew.
Growing garlic near fruit trees reduces pests and diseases. It repels borers, weevils, and fruit flies and protects apple trees from apple scab and peach trees from leaf curls.
Mix 2 garlic bulbs and 1 tsp of liquid dishwashing soap in 2 cups of water and grind the mixture. Run the mix through an unbleached cheese cloth. You can store this paste in a refrigerator for months and when you want to use it just add 1 gallon of water in it and spray it on your plants that are infected with fungal diseases.
Hate snakes? Garlic is here to help. Garlic is a natural snake repellent, you can plant garlic in your garden or you can buy garlic snake repellents from the market.
Using garlic is one of the best and non-toxic way to keep those nibbling pests out of your garden. Use whole or crushed garlic and place it into their tunnels. The strong odor of garlic will force them to leave that area.
Grow garlic as a companion plant in your garden. Interplant garlic with carrots, brassicas, peppers, tomatoes, and eggplant, it will help in deterring the pests like aphids, spider mites, carrot root fly and Japanese beetles away. You can also grow members of allium family with other plants.
Cut a large garlic bulb and pour 1 liter of boiling water over it. Let the mixture stand for 24 hours and use it undiluted on a bed of carrots. The strong smell of garlic keeps the
If you have always wanted to know about the world of different Types of Dragonfly in the Garden, then this post is a must-read!
Now part of this garden is down to crazy paving the Qualcast grass box is needed less and can be put to a different use. It looks like a ‘unibarrow’ has got in on the act to make a feature planter for these pansies.
Ants can be an unsightly nuisance and inspire concern. However they do not directly damage plants but are more a sign that you have another pest problem.
Fountain in Oxford Botanic gardens.
White is the second most useful colour in the garden after green. I am progressively increasing the number and variety of white and grey plants that I grow.
Grasses give a rich combination of autumnal colours
Some animals can be a real pest in the garden. Their crimes include eating the wrong thing, digging in the wrong area, turning grass brown with urine and leaving a dirty mess. Some chose your favourite plants to damage as I know from some aggressive over fed pigeons in my own garden. In my experience the worst offenders are rabbits, cats, mice, deer, pigeons and dogs including foxes. Rats cause concern but have not caused direct damage in my garden.
Where has all the rain gone? In winter there were floods aplenty so I was predicting water rationing by summer. Now it is mid May and the ground is parched and rock hard.
I was picking the Czar plums to make more jam when a wasp was disturbed from eating it’s lunch. Wasps go for my plums just as they are at their sweetest best. My problem was I couldn’t see which plums had a wasp in the fruit if they were above head height or facing away from my hand. The resulting sting set me on the trail of other stingers in the garden.
Colorful ferns can be an excellent addition to any garden or indoor plant collection. These plants are characterized by their beautiful, vibrant fronds ranging from shades of pink, red, yellow, and even purple.
Want to add a tropical flair to your garden this spring? Elephant ears will add a bold statement to a filtered sun or high shade spot. These striking “drama queens” of the garden may be either in genera Colocasia or Alocasia. The easiest way to tell these beauties apart is that colocasias (Colocasia esculenta) will have leaves that point downward, and alocasia (Alocasia species) leaves will point upward. Depending on the species or cultivar of each genus, the size can range from 3 to 10 feet tall and 2 to 10 feet in width. Both types of elephant ears are native to the tropical regions of Southeastern Asia.
In a year when many of our favorite sporting events have been postponed or even canceled, the garden marches on! As gardeners, we have our own backyard competitions each year, keeping mental notes on which varieties we will plant again or replace due to their performance on our ‘home court’. But choosing which varieties will be in our starting lineup each year can become a daunting task.