Pests and Diseases - Bath Garden Design

Creepy Crawlies

Edibles, Gardening, Pests and Diseases, Planting, Spring, Summer broccoli, cloche, copper ring, dandelions, eggs, grit, lavender, lettuce, nematodes, pellet, pests, plants, shells, slugs, snails, sprouts

The war being waged between gardeners and slugs and snails is a never-ending one. I have been known to obsessively go out after dark during the summer months with a torch and bucket and pick the critters off my plants, much to the amusement of my family. They are then swiftly dispatched in the lane […]

The buzz on bees

Gardening, Pests and Diseases, Planting, Spring, Summer, Wildlife aubrietia, Bath Beekeepers, bee nesting box, Bees, birdbath, Borage, bumblebee, catkins, chemicals, crocuses, crops, disease, fruit, fruit trees, grass, hay meadows, hazel, heather, hedgerows, herbicides, herbs, hibernation, honey bees, larva, nectar, nests, pesticides, pollen, pond, primrose, Pulmonaira, Shrubs, slugs and snails, snowdrops, wildflowers, willow

It is well documented how much trouble our bees are in. Their decline is extremely worrying and they really need our help. This week I have been talking to Louis Hodgkin of the Bath Beekeepers Association about this very serious situation. All bees are suffering for three main reasons, disease, the widespread use of pesticides […]

The lazy days of summer

Days Out, Fruit and Vegetables, Garden Design, Gardening, Landscaping, Leisure time in the garden, Pests and Diseases, Planting, Summer annuals, borders, Ceonothus, Colour, deadheading, Escallonia, feeding, flowers, Foxgloves, frost, garden, gardening, geraniums, irises, July, lupins, perennials, Philadelphus, Physocarpus, pots and containers, pruning, rhizones, scent, seed, semi-ripe, watering, weeding, Weigela, wisterial, work

I love the July garden, even mine, which although a work in progress has borders beautifully full to bursting and full of colour and scent. Ideally at this time of year we should all be enjoying our gardens and the fruits of our labour. Everything is at its peak and looking great so we should […]