Washing
After careful humming and hawing over insecticides, we decided to take the nobler course of action and bathe the insects off our plants.
A few days ago I noticed that some of the plants inside had discolouration on the leaves:
After putting this out to the crowds on Twitter, I got a number of hepful replies. In [...]

Though attentions have been turning towards the new season, a rare snowfall in Ireland gives me chance to check in on some indoor growing, in particular the two basil plants from Superquinn and Lidl I have been pitting against each other.
It’s now just over ten days since the basil plants were purchased. I’ve been harvesting [...]

Having forgotten my conclusion after the last basil batch withered away I invested in a new basil plant while picking up some meat in Superquinn yesterday. Upon heading to Lidl, I then found a basil plant 43% cheaper so I couldn’t resist:
Lidl: €1.69
Superquinn: €2.99
Over the next while I’ll keep an eye on them and post [...]