Controlling Pests

Weeds and gardening are inseparable and anyone who has ever tried to grow anything will be aware how often those plants which you do not want seem to outgrow those that you do. However it is a battle ...

Not all types of insects are pests – which is just as well since there are nearly a million different sorts around the world. Many kinds are positively beneficial, but who makes up this free and ...

Aphids – greenfly and blackfly – are one of the most instantly recognisable of garden pests all-too-commonly seen infesting the delicate tips, flower buds and young leaves of a wide variety of ...

There is a common misconception that pests only affect “dirty” homes. No matter how clean and hygienic your house, if it is in poor repair, you may be throwing it open to a wide variety of common ...

Although when it comes to pest control we often automatically think of pesticides, before the rise of these readily-available, artificial products a wide range of home grown remedies would once have ...

Slugs are one of our most widespread and persistent pests. The damage they can do to tender young growth being all too well known to just about anyone who has ever tried to grow anything in the ...

There is an old saying “build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door.” Ultrasonic devices – designed to repel mice and other pests using sounds inaudible to the human ear – ...