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Talkback: Sowing broad beans
are just disppearing as if they were picked over night. Anyone got any ideas?? I have the same problem here in Hungary. The broad beans grew lovely, no blackfly or aphids, the flowers came out, and 90% of them are just withering and falling off. Just a by BillinghamPlottter
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28/11/2011 18:30:55
by Jesspurrr
Talkback: Plants for shade
read that if you add dishwash liquid it also keeps aphids away too! Oh, and apparently it dies not affect the taste of any fruit or vegetable from plants sprayed with it! I know that the French eat garlic with snails, but did I hear right, that you can by Galic and Snails
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28/11/2011 18:31:25
by SuzyQ
Talkback: Bug hunt and rosemary leaf beetle
of the copious liquid that must pass through their bodies. Aphids give off honeydew to ants to solve the problem. The adult 'froghopper', 3.5 to 5.0 mm long has a wide variety of patterns from pale beige, mottled grey/ brown to black and is very common. I'd like by caitlin
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28/11/2011 18:31:34
by Rosa
Talkback: Tidying your garden in autumn
and to keep down aphids and other pests but I also get great enjoyment out of adding to the beauty of my garden. I think butterflies and dragonflies are as beautiful as my flowers and have many wildlife adventures. A heron hovering over my head in search by petethegardener
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28/11/2011 18:41:26
by elle m
Talkback: Derelict gardens
flowers, no crisp packets and no animal waste left to fester either,I don 't use insecticides, the ants fasrm the aphids and frogs, hedgehogs and birds sort out any slugs and snails, my jack russell sorts out any large unwelcome rodents in me compost bin by Allotment Robin
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28/11/2011 18:41:33
by kaycurtis
Talkback: How wildlife friendly is your garden?
- Yes, they'll come back to eat your aphids and caterpillars. I know birds can sometimes be a pain in the garden but they are mostly wonderful - a natural part of the cycle, helping to control species further down the food chain. I am just about to buy by Dilek
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12/03/2012 10:21:05
by Wynn
north-facing climbers?
the birds pick off any aphids so you won't need sprays. Obelixx I am in awe thank you very much for these pearls of wisdom - you obviously know a lot! Not really.  People like Alina have more in depth knowledge than I do but I do like to grow clematis by freshairfanatic
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09/05/2012 23:00:51
by obelixx
Ants in the lawn
for the sake of it but we do need to control ants, slugs, aphids etc or we would be overrun. I have a friend who will kill nothing. She spends a fortune on her garden but rabbits slugs and snails....and yes ants in her lawn.....are ruining it all for her. I by celia2
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25/07/2012 11:18:09
by celia2
mosquitos breeding in the rainwater butt
it very slippy. yes that's what i fear too, but i'll try it.  don't really want to expose myself and kids to insecticide unnecessarily, so that will be my last option.  what about dishwashing liquid?  a teaspoon in a small sprayer definitely kills aphids by rosa rugosa
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13/07/2012 14:12:51
by lizmac
Nettles
easy access to food leaves parent birds more time and energy to forage for their nestlings - thus keeping the next generation of birds alive and ridding your garden of pests such as aphids and caterpillars which provide essential nutrients and moisture by Cranesbill
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12/06/2012 22:36:25
by obelixx