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You can have a beautiful, productive garden while working with nature to manage insect pests. As you incorporate various ...

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The Met Office says a period of cold weather is set to take effect this weekend, which will leave gardeners exposed to one ...

Nearly all gardeners have tales of how their once-pristine crops came to be ravaged by an onslaught of insects.

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