Category: pests

• This mite do the job!

  

  Spider Mites do a lot of damage and sometimes, the cavalry arrive too late or in too few numbers. Here’s my trick to keeping them under control.

  ligayagardener

  January 30, 2025

  Gardening, insects, pests, predators

  garden, Gardening, ladybirds, ladybugs, no poisons, permaculture, pest contol, pest control, pests, plants, red spider mites, spider mites, stethorus beetles, Sustainability

• Plant spotlight #1: The story of our Cape Gooseberry (Physalis peruviana)

  

  Heres our first ‘Plant Spotlight’ where we write in detail sbout particular plants in Ligaya Garden. This one’s Cape Gooseberry (Physalis peruviana)

  ligayagardener

  May 17, 2023

  Gardening, pests, plants, predators

  Cape Gooseberry, indicator plants, ladybird beetles, pest control, pests, plants, spider mites, stethorus

• Lots of work on pests and biodiversity

  

  There’s been a lot off behind the scenes stuff going on here getting ready for some new pages on diversity.

  ligayagardener

  April 20, 2023

  fungi, Gardening, insects, pests, predators

  biodiversity, pdfs, pest control, Workshops

• Happily harvesting Hops and spiders

  

  Can tiny spiders hold up our Hops harvest?

  ligayagardener

  April 3, 2023

  Herbs, insects, pests, predators

  biodiversity, Herbs, hops, insects, spiders

• Don’t pull up your weeds!

  

  Tidying up your garden can actually be detrimental. if you like to avoud excess labour, read on…

  ligayagardener

  March 23, 2023

  insects, pests, predators

  insect pests, insect predators, insects, pest control, pests, weeds