There is no shortage of chemicals that can be applied to your vegetables that will leave them pristinely pest-free, but some find the idea of munching invisible pesticide residues unpalatable. One alternative is physical removal of the blighters. Issue forth into the cabbage patch with a bucket, find, for example, the caterpillars of the cabbage white butterfly lurking underneath the leaves, and remove them with finger and thumb. Some like to squidge them immediately, but those of more delicate sensibilities may prefer to drop them onto some paving for the birds to polish off. Their need is greater than ours.
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The garden created by a forgotten genius of the 1920s, rescued from 'a sorry state of neglect to a level of quality it has not known for over 50 years'George Dillistone’s original Arts-and-Crafts design at Knowle House, East Sussex, has been lovingly restored and updated with contemporary planting. George Plumptre tells more; photography by Clive Nichols.
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21 of the greatest craftspeople working in Britain today, as chosen by the nation's best designers and architectsWe've persuaded some of the most celebrated names from our Country Life Top 100 to name the craftspeople they have in their own personal little black books.
