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't have this problem when I had my dog. Try growing the curry plant.   They don't like the smell! I am a cat lover too but since I lost my old girl last year the locals have moved in! One even does its business in my gravel footpath-lovely! But with my veg

the will to live by then!! n yeah! I am really enjoying it! Can't believe how friendly and approachable all the other allotment holders are too, so yeah! am really looking forward to this growing season! Bring it on!! n all the best to you n yours too!!  david

problem! I have 5 berberis and they have been stripped bare for the first time in 3 years. Will they grow again? I am worried they will move onto my ligustrum! Dear Jackie O, I hear what you're saying, but I have a three acre garden with tons of nettles

a lot less slugs recently,even though we've been having very wet weather.  The blackbird nesting in the tree at the back is also very busy! You can get 'growing success' ones that claim they don't harm wildlife, I've used them in the past but won

ago and have been unable to get rid of it since, or stop its relentless spread!I love alstroemerias and have many different ones in my garden. I really hate any kind of weed !Now what are they good for ....I love and grow carnivorous plant

and have been adding everything uncooked that the school kitchens give us, bread, egg shells, even things with mayonase like coleslaw, along with all the lettuce, cabbage leaves etc. In the garden we chuck on everything we pull out of the ground, and I put

, and I shall dearly miss Greenacre and watching it develop. I liked your 2011 wishlist, especially: "May the caterpillars discover that synchronized swimming is infinitely preferable to cabbage munching." That is my garden problem number one, no I mean

of grit to keep the slugs off. I'm especially pleased with my newbie Patriot that I brought last year from B&Q with three stalks and this year there are eleven fingers!  I adore hostas but only started growing them recently because I was afraid of the slug

  Drum roll ..................... trumpet ... Evening Brumbull Been out cutting down some branches today lots of arm aching pain and checked my plastic green house seeds - some bits starting to grow. still cold and windy though in Southampton

the management of this beast over the years, it just kept growing and I left it to take up a good few feet because although its base is ugly, I always adore its gorgeous plumes that I watch from my kitchen window all winter long. I know its spring because