Caterpillars 20 Kale 0
We’ve been growing kale for a few months on the balcony, and have already enjoyed a fine few meals with it. A few days ago I was surprised while watering to find it crawling in long black and yellow things.
About 20 caterpillars had taken up residence on one of the kale plants and pretty much [...]
Filed under: Vegetables
Tags:caterpillar, kale, pests
Crowdsourced Urban Gardening
I have been looking for some answers recently on the web but haven’t been able to find them – so I thought I would outsource the problem to you guys!
First of all, big thanks to Susan Gallagher for all the hard work she’s done on the new website. I think you’ll agree it’s a smashing [...]
Filed under: Vegetables
Tags:crowdsourcing, greenfly, potato, tomato
Pollination: The Poke, Shake and Leave
Flowers have started appearing on some of the plants so I had a quick Google to see if my assistance was required in reproduction.
Specifically, the plants I was interested in were the pea plants, the tomato plants and the chili plants, each of which has a number of flowers now. I was surprised to see [...]
Filed under: Vegetables
Tags:chili, pea, pollination, sage, tomato