by Ellen Rubenstein Chelmis | Sep 25, 2014 | All Postings, Organic Gardening
(or, A Post-Pest Prayer: Thank Heaven for Farmers!!!) I’m just learning how to rotate crops, but the bugs are masters of it. First were cabbage worms and zebra caterpillars, big enough to see and capture easily; then came flea, Japanese and bean beetles, cutworms...
by Ruth Gonzalez | Jul 20, 2011 | All Postings, Organic Gardening
Dear Ruth, This is my second year at gardening and I am wondering what to do about Japanese Beetles. Last fall I lay down the milky spore and that has seemed to help some. I spray with a soap/oil solution, sanafad?…pick them off. They are devouring everything....
by Ruth Gonzalez | Aug 3, 2010 | All Postings, Organic Gardening
From Katherine in Pickens, SC: We live on a one-road four year old housing development. Most of my neighbors have sod and yard services that spray for weeds. We only apply grass seed, lime and Southern Turf Builder two times a year. Last year and this year, we...
by OGS | Jul 19, 2008 | All Postings, Organic Gardening
Sometimes, it can feel like you spend as much time defending your garden as you do growing your garden. It can be exhausting and, at times, overwhelming, but there are ways to limit and even prevent pest damage that are both effective and organic. Click through the...
