Here are some answers to some common questions that Gardens Monthly have put together this month and a few of my own that you might find interesting:

How to avoid your tomatoes splitting - Tomatoes tend to be split if the water supply is erratic, especially if there is too little followed by too much.  Gardens Monthly suggest that you should water your tomatoes evenly at least every other day in hot weather, and watch them grow. 

Slugs and snails - This must the most common problem for gardeners, here are some suggestions that you could give a try:

• Spreading bran around your probelm area for example hostas (I call hostas slug bait, as slugs seem to think its caviar) the slugs are attracted to bran and eat it and then bloat up not very nice but quite a affective and inexpensive for a small area. 
• There’s the tried and tested way, using a beer trap which are effective if they are cleaned out regularly or they have a tendency to smell really badly. 
• Recently a friend of mine, who has been a gardener for many years now, suggests that laying a small amount of course sand around areas which are particular affected.  He added that the slugs hate moving over course sand as it dries out their mucus which they use to move over the grown.   

If I find or here any more ways to tackle these little pests I will let you know or if you have any tried and tested ways   to get rid of them please let me know.

more soon………………..