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soggy mess.One advantage of the rainfall has been the success of the biological control I applied to some areas of my kitchen garden. Nematodes are added to water and applied to the soil in spring. They thrive in warm, moist soil and when they come

I'm not sure what year it is according to the Chinese, but in my garden it is the year of the ant.I never got round to ordering any of the biological ant controls that have been launched recently, so I can't report back on their merits, but I

in the middle of your carrot crop.Rotate your cropsAvoid growing related plants like parsnips and celery near carrots, as they also attract the pest.Avoid parsnips and celeryUse a biological control, such as Carrot Root Fly Killer Nematode, or a sticky trap

fighting back. The eggs hatch and the ichneumon grubs then eat the insect alive, from the inside. Although they are amongst the most important of biological control agents, they are incredibly poorly studied; the few identification guides are highly

predators into your plot, but what if pests are running riot and there are no ladybirds in sight? Biological pest control companies provide a useful option by selling adult ladybirds to release onto your pest ridden plants, and we'll have some of stage

was there to encourage people to take part in its ladybird surveys and help map the spread of the harlequin ladybird over the UK.The harlequin first came over to the UK in 2003. It was an inevitable invasion: a native of Asia, it was being used for biological control