GIVING PESTS THE BRUSH-OFF
JACKIE FRENCH
is the author of The Chook Book (Aird Books). Her oldest chook, Gertie, is now 17. Although Gertie’s sisters have all long since fallen offthe perch, Gertie still lays extremely large brown eggs most days of the year.
Useful insect predators like spiders, hoverflies, lacewings and ladybird larvae can keep the pests controlled for you.
I have been scrubbing. Not the bathroom floor (maybe tomorrow) but the giant coffee bush in the corner of the living room. Every spring it gets covered in tiny green scale that mature into
