Meet the “Most Wanted” creepy, crawling, and flying pests who are out to eat your garden plants. Let us help you evict them from your garden. The Slime Twins: Slug and Snail As Tricia says in our new video, take an evening stroll in your garden, when so many of these pests come out for a snack. Pick off the slugs and snails (if you keep chickens and ducks you know how much they’ll love these “treats”.) Open a Slug Saloon for your slippery visitors, sprinkle Sluggo Plus…
Integrated Pest Management = IPM = Controlling bad bugs with the least toxic methods IPM is a system endorsed by the EPA. It looks at the big picture of destructive insects, starting with the most natural control methods and only rolling out the heavy (toxic) artillery at the end of the battle. IPM is not the same as organic control of pests because IPM allows the use of synthetic chemicals as a last resort. The first steps of IPM are similar to organic gardening: * Use crop rotation and good sites…
September 20, 2011 - Charlotte from Peaceful Valley
Roll out the floral carpet in your garden to attract beneficial insects and keep them there. In our new video Tricia talks about releasing predator beneficial insects into your garden as organic pest control.…
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Welcome to the Powdery Mildew edition of Stump the Gardening Stars. See how much you know about one of our least favorite fungi. True or false? 1. Overhead watering increases powdery mildew. 2. …
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Just kidding. Though you could save on your food budget if you decided to incorporate this protein source into your diet. Tomato hornworms only eat solanaceous plants, usually tomatoes and they will also…
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Meet the “Most Wanted” creepy, crawling, and flying pests who are out to eat your garden plants. Let us help you evict them from your garden. The Slime Twins: Slug and Snail As Tricia says…
read more»
Integrated Pest Management = IPM = Controlling bad bugs with the least toxic methods IPM is a system endorsed by the EPA. It looks at the big picture of destructive insects, starting with the most natural…
read more»
Vampire movies are big right now, but most people don’t want their blood sucked by mosquitoes. They don’t want flies biting them, either, or landing on platters of food. Get rid of those pesky…
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How to keep those worms out of your apples and pears You might not know their names, but you’ve probably met codling moths before. Codling “moth” sounds kind of cute and fluttery; you’ve…
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February 18, 2011 - Charlotte from Peaceful Valley
Tricia’s video gives you the scoop on spraying peach trees and shows you the spraying process. Different kinds of trees have different spraying needs, so here’s a gathering of resources for…
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Question:Greetings and SuchWe have a very old pie apple tree. It produces very well, but needs some care. Prunning for example; when should I prune and how much should I prune? When the leaves fall off…
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Roll out the floral carpet in your garden to attract beneficial insects and keep them there. In our new video Tricia talks about releasing predator beneficial insects into your garden as organic pest control.…
Welcome to the Powdery Mildew edition of Stump the Gardening Stars. See how much you know about one of our least favorite fungi. True or false? 1. Overhead watering increases powdery mildew. 2. …
Do you have a small garden? Make it do double-duty as a space for outdoor entertaining and growing edibles.…
At the San Francisco Flower & Garden Show nationally known garden designer Rebecca Sweet visited…
