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of damage. They tend to feed on exposed areas of the foliage, so it's not too difficult to spot and remove them before they've decimated the plants.Of course, you may not want to remove them from your prized plants. Some gardeners choose to leave them be

. We also raised some snapdragons from seed, but these plants are, as yet, still healthy. I hope I removed and discarded the affected plants quickly enough to prevent my home-grown plants succumbing to the same fate. As much as I encourage my kids

to enjoy.Within a week or so I will probably have to remove the last of the tomato plants but even then I am sure there will be a good number of green tomatoes that can be bought inside and given the freckly-banana treatment (yes that age old trick

trays, compost or propagators. Just clear the soil, forking it over to remove debris, weeds or larger stones and get sowing. I use sand from the kids' sandpit to mark out separate areas for each type of seed, and sow in rough rows to make subsequent

produced bright red, slim, succulent and tasty stems. But I've just discovered three flower stalks have grown in my rhubarb patch. If left to bloom, they can weaken or even kill the crowns, although I've never had the nerve to let this happen. I removed

.The solution, I am reliably informed, is to to remove the fat balls from the net before putting them out. You could even make fat balls yourself. Both options mean messy fingers, and leave the question of how to suspend them. One solution is to cram them

, at most their feeding results in a little bit of shoot distortion, so leave them alone, or if you really can't bear them, remove them by hand-picking or jetting them off with a hose.

crossed, hoping that they remain untouched. I'll be watching my hollyhocks closely to see if the rust fungus develops. If and when it does, I'll remove infected leaves as soon as I spot the infection, hopefully keeping it under control - but that might

. When we finally removed the palm from its pot (with the aid of a hammer) we found that inside it there was a rim, about two inches from the base, that the roots had grown under. When I planted it all those years ago I had filled the section beneath