Archive for May, 2008

Organic Insecticides

Seems like today is the day to get useful information via email, and then publish the same (since this information is concise and useful) Garlic Oil Spray Target insects: Aphids, cabbage loopers, grasshoppers, June bugs, leafhoppers, mites, squash bugs, slugs and whiteflies. May also help to repel rabbits! Never use oils sprays on Blue Spruce [...]

Plant Guide (for some useful plants)

This information again came via email, and is pretty useful, hence posting Plant Guide ALFALFA: Perennial that roots deeply. Fixes the soil with nitrogen, accumulates iron, magnesium, phosphorous and potassium. Withstands droughts with it’s long taproot and can improve just about any soil! Alfalfa has the ability to break up hard clay soil and can [...]

Tips for controlling specific pests

Ants To discourage ants, sprinkle their nest with red pepper, eggshells, bone meal, talcum powder, wood ash, sulphur, blood meal or coffee grounds or diatomaceous earth. Mix 1 tbsp. of bakers’ yeast and 2 tbsp. of sugar in 1 pint of water; spread this mixture on pieces of cardboard, and place them around your yard. [...]

Organic ways of controlling pests

These tips are from yet another email, and the information is so useful that I thought that I should post it: ORGANIC TIPS – Getting rid of the troublemakers is one way to help rid diseases; especially if you want to grow organically! Remove varieties susceptible to diseases and you will remove the source of [...]


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