If one has water features, birdbath or open reservoirs one inevitably will have mosquito larvae. These if unchecked will grow to nice sizes and develop into the nuisance they are. OK, so only the female will be after your blood – homing in via a combination of infrared and dioxide – they have the uncanny habit…
Gardening
Gardening in Galicia. Experiences whilst recrating a UK yellow book garden and start a large vegetable plot.
Got land – got vines – got problems! No, normally the leaves are not blue!
The vines of the wine are growing like mad. We have more fruit sets than we have ever seen before and even our neighbors are a bit envious. But like the title says if you grow wine you will have problems. It has been rather cool and wet which unfortunately encourages mildew and other nasties.…
Harvesting water – saving the salad – tips & tricks
The head gardener (my wife) was going on about rainwater although our well water (when the pump runs) is second to none. Rainwater has ambient temperature……. Now one of the sons of our neighbour happens to work for a swimming pool company. These companies get their chemicals in nice big 1m3 (1000 liter) plastic tanks.…
