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-Brassicas growing in a netting tunnel.+_Brassicas growing in a netting tunnel._
  
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-Why pesticides harm garden wildlife - from the RSPB.+_Why pesticides harm garden wildlife - from the RSPB._
  
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-These are all good – from the top: hedgehog; lacewing; blue tit; ladybird larva eating aphids (adults eat them too); common toad.+_These are all good – from the top: hedgehog; lacewing; blue tit; ladybird larva eating aphids (adults eat them too); common toad._
  
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-'Bug hotel' made of pallets.+_'Bug hotel' made of pallets._
  
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-Some great natural / low-cost ideas for pest control in your garden (polyculture / plant diversity is the single best way to reduce pests and diseases).+_Some great natural / low-cost ideas for pest control in your garden (polyculture / plant diversity is the single best way to reduce pests and diseases)._
  
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-Carrots planted under a fleece tunnel.+_Carrots planted under a fleece tunnel._
  
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-Nice story about someone persuading his neighbour to stop using Roundup, by being friendly (it’s much more difficult to influence enemies!).+_Nice story about someone persuading his neighbour to stop using Roundup, by being friendly (it’s much more difficult to influence enemies!)._
  
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-Veg bed with edges made from recycled plastic board to prevent roots intruding from grass path.+_Veg bed with edges made from recycled plastic board to prevent roots intruding from grass path._
  
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-The most important thing you can do is to not use pesticides at all in your garden or smallholding.+_The most important thing you can do is to not use pesticides at all in your garden or smallholding._
  
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-Companion planting: onions next to carrots mask the smell of the carrots and keep away carrot fly.+_Companion planting: onions next to carrots mask the smell of the carrots and keep away carrot fly._
  
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 A barrier of really vigorous plants can be used as edging around beds and borders if you have the space - for example growing comfrey along the edge of your veg plot, to keep out neighbouring couch grass (and produce abundant comfrey leaves as useful mulch, compost material and source of liquid comfrey feed). A barrier of really vigorous plants can be used as edging around beds and borders if you have the space - for example growing comfrey along the edge of your veg plot, to keep out neighbouring couch grass (and produce abundant comfrey leaves as useful mulch, compost material and source of liquid comfrey feed).
  
-The [RHS](https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile?PID=343) and [Garden Organic](http://www.gardenorganic.org.uk/weed-management) can provide more detailed advice about controlling weeds without ever resorting to weedkiller, and [here's an article](http://lowimpactorg.onyx-sites.io/posts/stop-slugs-allotment-garden-naturally) about naturally repelling the arch-enemy - slugs. 
  
  
 ## Further resources ## Further resources
  
 +- [Naturally repelling slugs](http://lowimpactorg.onyx-sites.io/posts/stop-slugs-allotment-garden-naturally)
 +- [Garden Organic](https://www.gardenorganic.org.uk/expert-advice/garden-management/weeds) - organic weed management
 +- [RHS](https://www.rhs.org.uk/prevention-protection/controlling-pests-and-diseases-without-chemicals) - managing pests & diseases without chemicals
 +- [Garden Organic](https://www.gardenorganic.org.uk/expert-advice/garden-management/pests-and-diseases/organic-pest-control-for-fruit-and-vegetables) - complete guide to organic pest control for fruit & veg
 +- [Live predators - biological pest control](https://www.onestopgrowshop.co.uk/collections/live-predators-biological-pest-control)
 +- [Agralan](https://www.agralan.co.uk/) - natural pest control products
 +- [Gardeners World](https://www.gardenersworld.com/plants/organic-pest-control/) - organic pest control
  
  
-## Specialist(s)+ 
 +## Specialist curators of this topic
  
  
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