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over it to keep birds, and cats, from our soft fruit.    I have read somewhere about growing strawberry plants in a length of guttering, which can be propped up on supports to keep the slugs off - just an idea. Netting is the answer for birds

want to save whats left. thanks You are growing this an indoor plant in a window but you don't make it clear what the problem is -is there any damage and what makes you think the fly is the culprit-?I have never heard of a strawberry fly to be honest

Hi everyone, This is my first ever attempt at growing strawberries and I have a few white flowers that have opened over the past couple of days.......my neighbour has told me to cut the flowers off just under the base of the flower with scissors

they stay inside and if so how large would they grow? Do they need sunshine or would they be happy without it? I have a coral cactus which has been happily growing for 3 years. This year it has sent up a dozen or more long shoots which have roots. I am

Finish planting out vegetable crops, including tomatoes, beans, courgettes and sweetcornSow summer salads in guttering to grow quick cropsUse netting to protect developing and ripening fruits from birdsTie in new shoots on blackberries, raspberries

hi i have been growing strawberrys under a cloche for a while now and my strawberrys have grown really well, they have got flowers on them, and also young fruit growing now, shall take the cloche of and let the air get to them, also do i feed them

Sow seeds of herbs in pots to grow on your kitchen windowsill, such as coriander, parsley and basilLook out for woolly aphid on fruit trees, and spray any with soapy waterThin out seedlings from earlier sowings to their final spacings

Today with my camera its so nice to see things come to life again.   http://blog.trowelslg.com/ Beautiful garden some lovely interesting plants, everything growing well at Glamis. Thanks for sharing your pics, liked the tipsy pots, what a good idea

although started inside in all cases. Baskets and large pot have small green fruit on at the moment.  Grow bags are flowering. Thankyou this is very encouraging indeed i have flowers on a few of them and also a few strawberry plants doing well at the moment

how do i get rid of white powder of strawberries. Are these kept inside or out ? in a small polythene greenhouse You need to take them out. Sounds like a fungal infection, I wouldn't eat any of the fruit if it has any ( not that you would). Spray