If maggots are making an unwelcome appearance in your garden soil, it's likely due to the abundance of organic matter breaking down in a moist environment. These squirming pests are often the ...

Here are five ways to get rid of maggots: Keeping maggots away from your home begins with figuring out why they appear. Identify the pest, locate the source, use multiple methods to ensure ...

Later in the programme, Anne Swithinbank and Dominic Weston discuss all things snowdrops ahead of Shepton Mallet's upcoming snowdrop festival.

There is a predatory mite, hypoaspis miles, that lives in the surface layers of compost and will feed on the maggots if the temperature is kept at around 21˚C. Chemicals for controlling this pest are ...