Allium Leaf Miner

Our onions started to show signs of wriggly leaves. Within a few days it became apparent we'd been hit by the Allium Leaf Miner. Onions were full of maggots and pupae and rotting in the ground. In the end we took a total of 500 onions, garlic and shallots to the tip where commercial composting temperatures will destroy the pest.

Fencing in

Have built a retainer from metal sheets and scaffold poles. The debris net fence should slow cross-winds and catch airborne weed seeds from next door.

Freebies

Contacted a local scaffold company who very kindly let me have a load of used debris netting. I picked this lot up in a freezing cold sleet storm; after sorting out it should come in really useful.

Shed tidied up

After two break-ins the tea shed is back to normal.

Squash

Moving the path

It makes more sense for us to have the path down the centre of the plot than running along one edge