Pest focus: slugs

One of the branches of my ‘Victoria’ plum has gone silvery – is this silver leaf disease? There are two kinds of leaf silvering in plums; false silver leaf which is seldom fatal and the very common an

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How can I keep my tomatoes safe from pests and diseases? One of the most common diseases to affect tomatoes is blossom end rot. This is identifiable by the large, circular, discoloured patches that ap

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Jill Young, Stroud, Gloucestershire Professor Buczacki is ...

THERE’S nothing better in midsummer than going into the garden and listening to the buzzing of bees going about their business – especially if you are taking the chance to sit and relax! Similarly, it