For aroma and flavour, there is nothing quite like a carrot freshly pulled from the earth. Homegrown carrots have a crunchy texture and sweet taste far superior to those bought from a supermarket. As ...

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Soil temperatures should be warming up nicely by now and crops like Carrots may already have been sown. The traditional advice for avoiding carrot root fly damage is to delay sowing seeds so that you ...

My friend Brandy could be proud of her kitchen garden this fall. Her beautiful raised beds were tidy, the dark soil in them fertile. That’s what gave her kale and cabbages their powdery blue tint, a ...

Dear Helen: A few months ago you suggested using row cover over carrots to protect them from carrot fly. Does the carrot fly hang around all summer, or is it safe to remove the row cover now? S.B.

As responsible gardeners with positive attitudes to insects and biodiversity, it’s a bitter pill to swallow when vine weevil, carrot fly and aphids take hold – let alone the processionary moth ...

The spring and early summer is a key time in the annual battle with Vine weevils. The larvae of these destructive pests are now feeding on plant roots and can cause extensive damage, killing young ...