Once the growing season really kicks off, gardeners get very busy, but sometimes knowing a few tips can make a huge difference, so I thought that I would share a few of mine.
Snails - we have these little visitors and if left un checked, they can cause havoc in the garden.
I do not use poisons in my garden and find the following methods work well.
Take the outer leaves of a cabbage and place on the lawn in the evening - the snails love them and in the morning you turn over the leaves and there you will find many snails having a cabbage party - just lift up the leaves and dispose of them.
If you are a beer drinker, place a few shallow bowls filled with beer in amongst your plants and this will attract the snails and slugs - you can then dispose of them.
Tea Bags - don't throw these away - keep them and dry them out and then you can use them to put into your pots instead of drainage chips.
Seed Sowing - some seeds are very fine and it can be difficult to sow them evenly - just take some coarse river sand mixed with compost and mix your seeds into this and then sow into the garden.
Rose lovers often find that their plants get infected with red spider mite especially during very hot weather.
To prevent this simply place your sprinkler underneath the plants so that the foliage gets watered from beneath.
Brown patches on the lawn is normally caused by the lawn caterpillar - just make a soapy solution and pour over the area - the caterpillars will all float to the surface and can then be disposed of.
Plants turning yellow - this can be a lack of magnesium in the soil - sprinkle some Epsom Salts around the plants and water well and then repeat after a couple of weeks until the leaves have changed back to a healthy green colour.