Tag: pesticides

You put your foot up for a minute ….

Posted on 23 June 201610 November 2016 by John

May doesn’t like me. Don’t know why but it’s always in May that if something’s going to go wrong, it goes wrong. No ladder breaks while I’m up it, except in May! I don... Read More

Camomile tea isn’t just for drinking

Posted on 31 March 2013 by John

As well as drinking the stuff, you can use camomile tea in the garden and the greenhouse. As a “pesticide” it zaps anything that pyrethrum would zap. It’s also good for preventing da... Read More

Why I disagree with Monty

Posted on 3 June 20123 November 2015 by John

Monty Don has stirred things up again, this time with a statement that picking and squishing is the only way to get rid of lily beetle. Aaaaargh! Not CHEMICALS!!!!!!! I’ll admit right out that I use... Read More

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