Black Aphids on my Dahlias

What did you do with your dahlias this year? Did you enjoy them flowering in your garden? Did you bring some inside as cut flowers? Did you carefully dig up the tubers and and settle them into trays of peat-free compost in the shed to overwinter? I did all of those things, but I also ate some with a nice chianti*

Last week we bought a shiny new enamel casserole dish from Sainsbury’s (it’s lovely – and it goes in the dishwasher!) to make it easier to try more WW2-era recipes. The first one we chose to recreate is black pudding hotpot, the recipe for which I found in The Kitchen Front: 122 Wartime Recipes, which is a small book – more of a pamphlet really – published in 1942 and which contains recipes that were originally broadcast on the BBC’s Kitchen Front radio programme.

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Are your basil leaves turning black or brown? Basil isn’t difficult to grow, but the plants are prone to diseases like downy mildew, sensitive to cool temperatures, and attractive to insects like aphids. Below I outline 9 of the most common reasons for black or brown spots to appear on basil leaves. You’ll also find pro tips to prevent basil problems and learn more about five of the best disease-resistant cultivars to grow to enjoy plenty of fresh basil leaves. Keep reading to learn more about growing great basil.

33 of the Best Plants to Grow Under Black Walnut Trees

Don’t let the name mislead you; these plants do not possess the ability to spell magic. It is just their dark, amazing appearance and the name of these varieties “black magic.”

Dahlias may still be out of fashion in many gardening circles but I am an affectionado and think they are well worth growing.

The hot subject for discussion this Autumn seems to be the renaissance of Dahlias. For me they have never been far from my garden but I understand how fashions come and go then return.

‘Fiery’ hardly does justice to this cactus Dahlia.

It is not a question of which name but Brambles and Blackberries should be thought of together as one is the fruit of the other.Looking carefully at this picture you can see young unopened buds at the top center with some flowers that have been pollinated and begun to show nascent green fruitlets which will turn into blackberries when they swell and ripen.