Pests and pesticides
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One-minute skills: Making dummy butterflies
Keep your brassicas safe with these fun ‘butterfly scarecrows’ from Fabian Capomolla and Mat Pember’s book, 1-Minute Gardener
Snail and Slug Control
Reader submittedI have tried everything and finally found success with the following product:: SlugGone Wool Pellets 3.5L/2kg - approx $12 plus $5 postage ordered from biogrow.co.nz
How to get rid of passion vine hoppers
Green Ideas editor Greg Roughan shares his tips for keeping passion vine hoppers from ruining your crop.
What's your poison? The 1080 debate
2014 will see a massive increase in aerial poison drops, in an operation the government is calling The Battle for Our Birds. Greg Roughan investigates the pros and cons of using 1080 to kill pests.
Safer garden sprays
Janet Luke tests six natural pest-control products that can be used on edible gardens.
Send in your beer ideas and win
Ah, beer. It is, as Homer Simpson once wisely put it, the cause of, and solution to, most of life’s problems – and right now it’s solving one of my most pressing problems: the blasted ...
Snail and slug control?
Reader submittedWe have cats, dogs and chickens so don't like to use snail bait. I've tried the beer trap without much success (and our dog likes to drink it lol). Have heard crushed egg shells scattered around ...
Natural pest control for white butterfly / caterpillar
Reader submittedWhat natural pest controls are there for white butterfly / caterpillar? I love broccoli, caulifllower and cabbage but have all but given up trying to grow them – every year they just get demolished by the ...