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Looking for a safe and natural garden care solution this Spring?

Looking for a safe and natural garden care solution this Spring? Look no further than Irish-made Nature Safe. Brought to you by Hygeia, based in Galway, Nature Safe is a range of natural garden care products packed full of nutrients derived from the Wild Atlantic Way. The range is comprised of natural lawn and plant feeds, fertilisers and pest control solutions. They have just launched four new products bringing a total of 11 products in the range.

Gardening enthusiasts and vegetable growers in Galway are being encouraged to feed their local bird populations over the coming months to ensure they are around in summer to play a vital role in pest control.

The leatherjacket is the larvae of the daddy longlegs or crane fly. The adult flies lay their eggs in the grass in the autumn and the resulting grubs live and grow under the soil, feeding on the roots of the grass, until they are ready to emerge as fully grown daddy longlegs the following summer.

When companies operate a ‘recruit a friend’ scheme for employees, recommendations rarely come with measurements of wing span, but Maximus is no ordinary recruit, he is a Harris hawk.

There were 32 pest incidents recorded in Mullingar hospital in the past four years, according to records released this week.

There were over 58 pest incidents recorded in Roscommon hospital and 26 in Portiuncula Hospital, Ballinasloe in the past five years, according to records released this week.