As summer draws to a close, I’ve found some of my annuals covered in aphids, a box in my front garden looking decidedly hay-coloured, and a lack of bees and wasps on the move.
Could that be down to our extremely dry summer? Have garden insects and invertebrates (the RHS is moving away from the term ‘pest’, arguing that few of the insects in our gardens cause serious problems) started to take hold as we edge towards autumn?
