Nature to the rescue

At last nature has come to my rescue. Those of you who regularly follow the blog, will know the battles I’ve been having with blackfly, gooseberry sawfly and cabbage white caterpillars. Ladybird larvae have landed on my runner beans and are munching away at the blackfly, hurrah!

Ladybird larvaeLadybird Larvae (quite hard to photograph as they move quicker than I thought!)

I wouldn’t call myself an organic gardener, but, I don’t use chemicals on food that I’m going to feed my family. I am a strong believer in the organic principle that if you look after your soil, it will in turn look after your plants. Nature also has it’s way of creating a fair balance. I fall down on the organic side as I use glyphosate to control perennial weeds such as bindweed.

Thank you Ladybird Larvae!