"The Minister" wrote in message
ups.com...

Keith (Dorset) wrote:
For a long time I have believed that all this fuss one hears about pests
becoming rampant if there aren't any winter frosts, really is utter
rubbish
/ extremely exaggerated... and very much an 'old wife's tale'.

After many years of gardening here, where we hardly get any frost, and
snow
is as rare as hens' teeth, I have never experienced such a 'plague'.

Anyway, if it were that much of a problem, how on earth do they ever
manage
to grow anything further south, on the Scillies, or more southerly still
in
milder regions of the continent?

Best wishes,

Keith


well I think global warming has a lot to answer for just look at the
insects flying around too many critters for this time of year

I don't think we have too many 'critters' in the UK.

Alan