Organic methods to fight weeds, disease, rodents, and pest insects.
The University Of Connecticut conducted an interesting study on how milk spray can be used to prevent powdery mildew disease on squash and pumpkins.
Can Milk Protect Your Garden Against Powdery Mildew? Read More »
Powdery Mildew is a quick to spread fungus which can infect many plants in your flower or vegetable garden. Post includes pictures.
Blossom-end rot in tomatoes frequently appears after a drought. Roots are unable to take up sufficient water to move calcium to the growing fruit.
Black Spots on Tomatoes Could Be Blossom-End Rot (BER) Read More »
Diatomaceous Earth is a very effective organic pesticide. Unlike chemical pesticides, it poses no risk for kids, pets, wildlife or you.
How to Use Diatomaceous Earth as an Organic Pesticide in Your Garden Read More »
Last year my garden of salad greens was decimated in one night by a gang of rabbits. This year I was determined to not let a rabbit attack happen again.
Corn Gluten Meal is one of the few ways of controlling weeds organically and the only known organic pre-emergent herbicide.
Toxic pesticides are unleashed on US farms at the rate of 800 million pounds each year and the residue ends up on your food
Black spot, powdery mildew and blight create terrible problems in a garden. Here’s how you know if your garden is infected
Symptoms Of Tomato Blight, Powdery Mildew and Black Spot Read More »
Crabgrass is a problem in any lawn and when the lawn gets burned out it’s an even bigger problem. How to make crabgrass go away and stay away.
Late Blight was a killer in 2009 for tomatoes in Pennsylvania. How to avoid blight this year.
Compost or not? Blighted tomato plants are risky to add to a compost pile, but it’s possible if you follow these composting rules exactly.