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something of a mollusc free-for-all at night. Then just pick them off the piles in the morning.You could grow a sacrificial offering, perhaps a tasty lettuce or two, in your borders, and ensure you regularly pick off the culprits.Encourage natural predators

creatures are likely to use your pond:Frogs need ponds to breed and tadpoles will feed on the algae in the water. Create an area of plants where frogs can shelter, to provide valuable shade and cover from predators.FrogsBirds will visit ponds to drink

where birds can perch whilst waiting their turn, as it were, and they need to feel safe from predators as well - so if you have any large shrubs it would be a good idea to site any feeders fairly close to that sort of shelter for them.  I think you can

of and are often resistant to common pesticides.  If they survive the assault with Bug Gun, keep spraying the plant daily with water as they don't like high humidity.  I had great results in clearing a greenhouse infestation by using a predator mite (Phytoseiulus

). For now, the important thing to remember is that frogs, toads, hedgehogs and birds can all help the gardener in the battle against slugs and snails, but if you don't have pests to feed these welcome predators they're not going to take up residence

about & some inside the mesh, so predators must have helped. My favorite cabbage is January King but it's years since I got them to last stand till January & this year they have been ready for a month already & some have split. Timing is critical but I

to an untimely end courtesy of these brutes. The little cloud of tiny feathers to a wild bird is nothing like when a fat, pampered cat is responsible. I too am missing a pair of blue tits from our garden, Haven't noticed any predators but the sparrow population

we get rid of them. I don't want to as they are useful garden predators, but he is afraid they could be causing damage to the under-floorboard area where they seem to be living. They are zooming in and out of the ventilator grille hundreds of times

Wasps are powerful predators of other insects and although they normally attack flies and aphids they are not above taking larger insects like butterflies. They chew off the wings and take just the body back to feed to their brood back at the nest. To our intense

is that it goes into the ground after the cabbage white caterpillars have done their worst, along with its bitter flavour, this seems to preserve it from predation. It can be a bit of an acquired taste though! Andy Smith, they look like tomatoes beceause