Archive for the 'Pests' Category

Kitchen Garden – Damage aphids can do, and steps to remove aphids from your garden – tips and techniques

One of the most common pests in a kitchen garden are called Aphids, these are very small creatures (insects) with a pear shape and soft in texture. Aphids have a long antenna, with 2 short tubes projecting from the ends of their abdomen. There are different varieties of Aphids, some having wings that are transparent. [...]

Kitchen Garden – Damage ants can do, and steps to remove ants from your garden – tips and techniques

A lot of people will argue that ants really don’t do any direct damage to plants, and they would be right; but, when you consider the overall structure that ants build up in a garden, they can really cause damage in an indirect way. Ants build nests, and these nests cause damage to anything in [...]

Using egg shells in your Kitchen Garden – there are some benefits to using them, rather than throwing them away

When you are done with cooking eggs in your kitchen, give a thought to the disposal of the egg shells. If you hobby includes growing some plants or herbs, then consider the following points before just getting rid of the egg shells. When you look at the egg shell, you see all the hard but [...]

Bells of Ireland – How to grow this plant, soil conditions, fertilizer, weather conditions, etc

Description of the plant The flowers of this plant look great when arranged as a part of flower groups, used on occasions. They also look great when dried (and this is something that a lot of flowers cannot claim), and are also grown to attain a lot of foliage. These are annual flowers, being a [...]


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