Bugs like basil just as much as humans do. Slugs and snails are major pests to basil, especially young plants. A principle of organic gardening is to grow “some for you, some for them,” meaning the critters that eat your plants. That way, you’ll have plenty of basil for your pesto...
Something is eating my ripe strawberries. Some kind of bug because most are eaten from the underside. The plants themselves are fine. I have marigolds planted but not with the strawberries. Maybe should have planted them closer? 0 Reply Alice Cowart Reply to Starchynne 8 years ago Borage...
Your roses are, with aphids, which the ladybugs are feeding on - and you can bless yourself that they have come to your rescue." - Eleanor Perenyi"O cricket from your cherry cry No one would ever guess How quickly you must die." - Basho"If you want to live and thrive, let the ...
Garlic's properties at fending off vampires are well known, as any Hammer Horror fan will tell you. It can also be a bit of a passion killer if overdone in the culinary department. But as a bug spray? Apparently so. It seems if you treat crops and plants with a garlic spray, all ...
The one thing to remember about DE in this case is that when the ants are all gone, make sure to rinse away the DE so that the beneficial insects that will be eating the aphids won't be hurt by the DE. While I was there, I smashed scads of aphids. They smash super easy. Just...
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Yesterday I tried eating one of them and was amazed by how tasty clover flowers are. The whole plant was terribly tasty, to be completely honest. Well I just replanted the 1/2 of the garden, using soil and partially mulching (ripping the plants out and leaving their carcasses strewn ...