Is there some strange link between spiders and fungi? Both emerge in force in early Autumn…
Badger
Badgers are well loved creatures, but unfortunately they have a taste to the beetle grubs which invade porcini and can devastate a potential bumper crop.
Wild strawberries
Smaller and firmer than their cultivated counterparts, wild strawberries grow in the same woodland glades which will later be adorned with delicious fungi…
Butterflies
Like fungi, insects in general suffer from poor PR – butterflies are a notable exception…
Slug Busting!
All gardeners spend the warm, wet Welsh summer doing battle with slugs, but organic gardeners shouldn’t resort to slug pellets to save their plants as they can pose a risk to other wildlife. This article gives some ideas for natural alternative solutions to try instead. There are thirty different types of slug in Britain. The […]
