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that I can use? Oops As you can tell I'm new to this, "canes" will they be strong enough? Garden canes and soft string are fine. When you have them in flower post some pictures and let us know how you got on-guard against slugs/snails especially on warm

I need some advice before I have just soggy stalks in place of my regale lilies! I have never had as much trouble as I have this year from this beetle  (and such a pretty thing too!!) And, I presume its the larvae? Slug like in looks and feel

the pumpkin plants don't take up the whole plot and the fruits are up in the sun for better ripening and avoiding slug attack. Just need to make sure the pumpkins ripen on our side of the fence cos one year some perisher came and nicked all the ones

slug-like larvae which might be responsible.  It is a southern European pest but has recently migrated north and has now reached the UK.  I have studied the plants and the soil and have shaken the pots but I cannot see any trace.  I have given the pots

are coming to nothing & the cucumbers have all been eaten to bare stems by slugs each time they put on new growth, so I'd say it's probably not worth bothering with them now it's so late, unless as others have said you can buy established plants from

think you'll find potatoes want a high potash feed. Nitrogen is likely to produce too much Haulm instead of potatoes. This what I use as a feed and slug repellant, http://www.sluggone.com/ . We all have to learn sometimes, nobody knows it all. You also

.  The garden is crammed full with plants, no weeds can get a look in.  We have a visiting hedgehog who helps with the snail and slug population.  This year we removed our shed and have installed a greenhouse so I will be growing more for next year. Hope you

to us, which is totally unkempt, that leads to open scrub/woodland behind us. I regularly find 'poo' along the route it must take- just about next to where I get out of my car after reversing it out of the garage! Am hoping that the slug population

behind the conservatory (snails just adore it and it keeps them of the lilies). I tried log piles, which certainly the snails, slugs and centipedes appreciated; I tried water features and marginals and no toads but who'd- a-thunk-it an ASPIDISTRA in a

rock garden, where it will naturalise readily. It grows slightly taller in shade, avoiding the attentions of slugs. Height 15cm.Scilla mischtschenkoanaWhere to see blue-flowering bulbsAvon Bank, WorcsBroadleigh Gardens, SomersetEden Project, Cornwall