The French marigold variety 'Boy O Boy' if planted alongside your tomato plants will give off a smell that deters whitefly.
Slugs and snails do not like travelling over gritty surfaces and roofing felt is perfect to stop them reaching your plants.
The smell off the bitumen and the rough surface is too much for them.
The Garden Grower vegetable section contains a selection of how-to articles on growing your own vegetables.
Topics include basic gardening techniques, seasonal tips, advice on pests and diseases and different types and varieties of garden vegetables.
| Growing Asparagus |
| Courgette, Marrow |
| Cucumbers |
| Cucumber Varieties |
| Capsicum Peppers |
| Harvest Asparagus |
| Grow Beetroot |
| Brussels Sprouts |
| Grow Carrots |
| Garlic | Garlic Chives |
| Growing Leeks |
| Growing Parsnips From Seed |
| Globe Artichokes |
| Harvesting Carrots |
| Carrot Seed | Pumpkins |
| Harvesting Leeks |
| How to grow Runner Beans |
| Harvest Runner Beans |
| French Beans |
| Jerusalem Artichoke |
| How to Grow Spinach |
| Mustard and Cress |
| Millet from Bird Seed |
| Onion sets |
| Pickling Onions |
| Horseradish |
| Growing watercress |
| Grow Radish |
| Garden shed |
| Raised Beds |
| Lime Application |
| Asparagus - pests and disease |
| Carrot Pests, Diseases |
| Parsnip Pests, Diseases |
| Problems with Runner Beans |
| Nitrogen deficiency |
| Strawberry Pests, Diseases |
| Control Winter Garden Pests |
| How to improve a clay soil |
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| How to get rid of Mealy Bugs |
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| Onion Fly |
| Carrot Fly |
| Celery Fly |
| Control Millipedes |
| Control of Flea Beetles |
| Beetroot Pests and Diseases |
| Why Grow Organically? |
| Organic Pest Control |
| Earthworms - a Gardener's Friend |