New to Gardening

[...] your garden, but there are a couple of options: A purpose built plastic bin purchased from a garden centre, not too expensive; and you just fill up from the top and a few months later, you can take [...]

[...] – very effective at dealing with both slugs and snails, and you can buy these from a garden centre. Place the trap, filled with cheap beer, in a hole with the top at soil level. You can also [...]

[...] keep a lidded container by the back door which you can fill up and then make the trip to the compost bin every one or two days? Over a period of time – 3 months to 1 year, depending on [...]

[...] thickly around the rims of pots has a deterrent effect. You can purchase copper tape with an adhesive backing, which you can stick around the pot sides – this gives the snail a small electric [...]

[...] compost heap when it’s wet or cold or every time you peel vegetables why not keep a lidded container by the back door which you can fill up and then make the trip to the compost bin every one [...]

[...] , you can take compost from a small hatch at the base. picture courtesy of dsa66503 from Flickr Alternatively, if you can wield a saw and some nails, you can make a wooden slatted enclosure, one metre [...]

[...] rather depends on the size of your garden, but there are a couple of options: A purpose built plastic bin purchased from a garden centre, not too expensive; and you just fill up from the top and a few [...]

[...] – microscopic parasites that kill the slugs above and below ground. Obtained from organic garden suppliers, you simply mix the powder with water and spray on to the soil using a watering can. [...]

[...] the salty water first. Predators: For a biological control, you can use nematodes – microscopic parasites that kill the slugs above and below ground. Obtained from organic garden suppliers, you [...]

[...] to keep the worst of the weather off. What you can compost: all uncooked vegetable and fruit peelings teabags, tea leaves and coffee grounds egg shells dead flowers from the house and from the garden, [...]

[...] coffee grounds egg shells dead flowers from the house and from the garden, soft prunings, spent bedding plants, dead leaves, lawn mowings spent compost from hanging baskets or containers some dryer [...]