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for the winter. Then I kept reading that wildlife needed the seed heads and dying plants etc in your garden, so this year I did not tidy my garden. It is alive with so many birds of all kinds and insects, beetles and ladybirds are still around, all over

be rosemary beetle? If there are enough of them they can kill the plants (they're very beautiful though).Sokanista - Thank you, I know you're right. I just want the garden to grow, it still looks so new!Happymarion - Thank you. The garden does make me very

lunch after doing some biodiversity gardening(planting sugar peas between my rows of potatoes), lesson no.2. We lost our elm trees to the elm tree beetle because they were all of the same species. Last year in Bristol, many Robinia "Freesia" trees died

.7m and is looking glorious behind the shed amongst thistles and nettles. The soldier beetles have never had it so good.. Yes, lazygardener, I too have been removing the dead bumblebees(dirty orange bums, Kate,)from my conservatory which they seem

on the compost heap and the compost is excellent. We used to have many sycamores which produced loads of leafmould which rotted down more quickly if packed in black sacks and left a year or two. There are always lots of beasts in the compost, beetles, slugs

chemiclas very much ( I make an exception with provado for lily beetle, as I grow a large amount of those), but some things do call for special action.   If your plant does have clematis wilt, don't worry - you need to make sure the clematis is in the pot

pots they love, so keep trying to spot the adults too & well just kill the little devils.  if you touch them, they play dead and drop to the ground up side down making them even harder to spot, like the red lily beetle.  the nematodes need moist soil

, the slugs and snails will still get in but the ground beetles won't.I noticed some stuff (brown pellets) at the garden centre that is supposed to repel slugs and snails that you can use round your plants.  It's allegedly organic, has anybody tried it

that something has been eating the tender young leaves.  It is as if someone has taken a very tiny pair of scissors and cut off each leaf at about 2mm from where it meets the stem. I have read that there is a metallic-green and red coloured beetle and its grey

.The sound of beetles whirring and crickets fiddling usually comes any time now. Usual background noise to watching tennis but last night it was just mozzies! I just think these things take time, you can't rush it. Carry on with your planting, although