They're back!
It's that time of year again, and suddenly I'm covered in bites. To this day, I've never seen the culprits, but they don't half make their presence known.
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- Sat Aug 17, 2013 9:48 pm
- Forum: Weeds, Pests and Diseases
- Topic: Insect Bites
- Replies: 64
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- Thu Aug 15, 2013 5:27 pm
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: Harvest bits and bobs
- Replies: 98
- Views: 28276
Re: Harvest bits and bobs
After last year's disastrous crops, both on my allotment and in the garden, I am pleased to say that this year, so far, has been a great success. My freezer is now full of soft fruits, and there are 4 gallons of rhubarb wine and the same of gooseberry brewing away. I am picking French beans, beetroo...
- Thu Aug 15, 2013 5:16 pm
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: Happy Birthday youngster
- Replies: 21
- Views: 7151
Re: Happy Birthday youngster
Have a very happy birthday, OH.
May you keep us all smiling for many more years to come
May you keep us all smiling for many more years to come
- Tue Aug 13, 2013 10:29 pm
- Forum: Weeds, Pests and Diseases
- Topic: White butterflies.
- Replies: 15
- Views: 6601
Re: White butterflies.
Motherwoman wrote:Is there truth in the rumour that they swarm here from across the Channel?
MW
Sounds like a Daily Mail story to me!
- Wed Jul 31, 2013 5:39 pm
- Forum: Weeds, Pests and Diseases
- Topic: Moles ... and more moles!
- Replies: 63
- Views: 30771
Re: Moles ... and more moles!
Number 18
(No. 8 from front garden - exactly same hole as last one caught)
(No. 8 from front garden - exactly same hole as last one caught)
- Mon Jul 29, 2013 6:13 pm
- Forum: Weeds, Pests and Diseases
- Topic: Moles ... and more moles!
- Replies: 63
- Views: 30771
Re: Moles ... and more moles!
I reckon it's still worth a try in your beds, even if they are overplanted. My own garden soil is really fine and loose, but surprisingly I have still managed to make trap-sized holes into the tunnels - though sometimes it does take several attempts before I make one that a trap will fit snuggly int...
- Mon Jul 29, 2013 3:10 pm
- Forum: Weeds, Pests and Diseases
- Topic: Moles ... and more moles!
- Replies: 63
- Views: 30771
Re: Moles ... and more moles!
Are you trapping moles just under grass ? No. All my traps have been set in the beds, amongst the fruit and veg that were being ruined. I don't have a lot of lawn any more, and the moles don't do a lot of damage to it. For that reason, I have concentrated my efforts elsewhere. Actually, that's not ...
- Mon Jul 29, 2013 1:28 pm
- Forum: Weeds, Pests and Diseases
- Topic: Moles ... and more moles!
- Replies: 63
- Views: 30771
Re: Moles ... and more moles!
I'm still finding it hard to believe myself, Richard. By now, any young ought to have left their nests (if those books are to be believed!!!), so I can only suppose that the ones I am catching now are those youngsters looking for their own territory. In other words, every time I 'remove' one, anothe...
- Mon Jul 29, 2013 8:52 am
- Forum: Weeds, Pests and Diseases
- Topic: Moles ... and more moles!
- Replies: 63
- Views: 30771
Re: Moles ... and more moles!
Number 17
(No. 7 from front garden)
They just keep coming!
(No. 7 from front garden)
They just keep coming!
- Sat Jul 27, 2013 8:18 pm
- Forum: Weeds, Pests and Diseases
- Topic: New strawberry deaths again
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3275
Re: New strawberry deaths again
I suspect that most of the strawberry plants that I have lost over the years have died due to lack of water. Some have been individual plants that have been 'lifted' by moles, leaving their roots dangling in tunnels. Others have been on the ends of rows where the ground slopes slightly, meaning more...
- Sat Jul 27, 2013 7:25 pm
- Forum: Weeds, Pests and Diseases
- Topic: Foxes - my big mistake!
- Replies: 11
- Views: 5177
- Sat Jul 27, 2013 2:10 pm
- Forum: Weeds, Pests and Diseases
- Topic: Moles ... and more moles!
- Replies: 63
- Views: 30771
Re: Moles ... and more moles!
Number 16
(Number 6 from front garden)
(Number 6 from front garden)
- Mon Jul 22, 2013 3:49 pm
- Forum: Weeds, Pests and Diseases
- Topic: Moles ... and more moles!
- Replies: 63
- Views: 30771
Re: Moles ... and more moles!
Number 15 (Number 5 from the front garden.) Been away for 4 days. First thing I did after walking through the front gate was check the traps, and found a live mole in one of the scissor traps. The books say they can only survive about 3 hours without food, so it must have heard me returning and thr...
- Wed Jul 17, 2013 9:26 pm
- Forum: Weeds, Pests and Diseases
- Topic: Bug Clear Ultra on brassicas?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 6628
Re: Bush tucker trial
If it is definitely not safe to use the Bug Clear Ultra on them ,.. I wonder what the commercial growers use on their brassica crops. It's not just that it may be unsafe to use Bug Clear, I doubt also that it would be effective. Insecticides which are formulated to kill piercing and sucking insects...
- Wed Jul 17, 2013 3:11 pm
- Forum: Weeds, Pests and Diseases
- Topic: Moles ... and more moles!
- Replies: 63
- Views: 30771
Re: Moles ... and more moles!
Traps delivered lunchtime today. First mole removed from trap 6 pm! Didn't modify them as suggested here m Bad news was when I went to another part of the garden to check two other traps I frightened a large rabbit. I misread that last bit, Geoff, and thought for a second that you had caught a larg...