Hello and welcome to On the Ledge podcast, bringing you planty information and fun since February 2017.

I'm your host, Jane Perrone, and in this week's show, it's part two of our pest control special.

I'm talking about biological controls with Tessa Cobbley and

Andy Brown. Plus I answer a question about Oxalis bulbs and we hear from listener Tate.

Thanks to my new patrons this week, Amanda became a crazy plant person, Esther and Tari became

legends and Simon became a superfan, while Jane left a payment on co-dashfi.com. So whether you

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in the show notes at jane perone.com a special request now i am finally putting together my episode on

the house plant expert the book that has inspired me and many other people to get into house plants from a young age,

and I would love to have your input. So if you've got a copy of the house plant expert,

if you perhaps bought one on my recommendation or you've had one for years, I would love you

to record a quick voice memo on your phone telling me what the book means to you

and what you love about it. It can be as little as 10 seconds long. It will be great to have

your voices in the show. So just record a voice memo on your phone. Send that in to on the ledge

podcast at gmail.com and you might be hearing yourself in the show.

Remember to include your name and where you are in the world. Don't be shy. Remember, we had

Susie, who's only seven taking part in Meet the Listener, so you can do it. I believe in you.

Scottish Plant Dad on Instagram got in touch with a great recommendation for listener.

Rachel, who was looking for some plant that would grow in a window above a panel heater.

And we were discussing ways that you can keep your plants elevated away from the heater while

still in the window and Scottish plant dad's idea is brilliant. It is a radiator washing dryer rail.

Now if you don't know exactly what I mean, it's a piece of metal with white plastic coating on it like you get dryers made out of but

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