Retro Blog - Ladybird Cavalry

Way back in July when we were internetless I was waging a loosing battle with the colorado potato beetle and resorted to burning the foliage in order to try and control the numbers which by now were several generations worth.

Even though the potato tubers had already developed enough to give us a good crop I’m [...]

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Year of the bugs

Well one consequence of the long winter seems to be a distinct lack of ladybirds and the ever burgeoning populations of blackfly and greenfly. I’ve even got them on my seedlings this year. This is not helped by the fact that my garden seems to be an ant utopia.

I always thought red ants hated black [...]

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