Category Archives: Pests and diseases

Garden Pests

Posted on May 19, 2016 by Andrew

Vegetable Garden Pests Seeing your vegetable crops decimated by pests can be a very disheartening sight and it can happen seemingly overnight if proper preventative methods aren’t applied. Once the garden pest or pests have been identified you can go … Continue reading →

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Diseases in the Vegetable Garden

Posted on April 12, 2016 by Andrew

Perfectly healthy plants can be affected by air, water or soil borne diseases at any time. Understanding the causes, identifying them early and taking effective action will help you establish and maintain a healthy vegetable garden. Anthracnose. This is a … Continue reading →

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Top Ten Garden Pests

Posted on March 2, 2016 by Andrew

The unwelcome garden visitors that come back every year. Here’s a rundown of who they are and how to send them away. Slugs. These garden molluscs, along with their close relative the snail, are one of the most elusive pests … Continue reading →

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Can I compost potato plants affected by late blight?

Posted on October 12, 2015 by Andrew

Can potato plants with late blight be composted? If care is taken the answer is yes. Blight spores can only survive on living plant tissue, once the foliage has been cut it will die and so will the blight pathogen. … Continue reading →

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