Aphids on green growth.
What to plant

Control aphids and pear slugs

The fresh growth of spring is a time for pesky pests to be out and about. Here's what to do if you find aphids or cherry and pear slugs.

Collect the ingredients
What to plant

White oil spray

Make your own white oil spray to use on sap sucking insects, mealy bug, aphids, two-spotted mite, citrus leaf miner, whitefly and scale.

Aphids on broccoli
What to plant

Pesky aphids

Spring is aphid season says Penny Woodward. Here's how to control them.

Soap and oil spray on garlic aphids
Organic solutions

Homemade organic sprays to kill aphids on garlic

The sap-sucking pests didn't know what hit them, writes SIMON WEBSTER.

Nagami Cumquat
Organic solutions

Show your citrus some lovin’

If you’ve been enjoying a bumper crop of citrus this year, now is the time to give something back reports Phil Dudman.