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Pest Management

Tips for Netting Blackberries

Are your berries getting chomped on? Learn an easy solution.

Tomato Hornworms

How to identify and remove. Keep your tomato plants whole!

Basic Pest Management

Do garden pests have you overwhelmed? Do you need to know where to start to get rid of them? Learn the basics of how to scout, ID, control and monitor pests.

Companion Planting: How to entice beneficial predators to your garden!

Companion planting is easy and it works! Get nature to work for you! Learn not just the benefits and how to do companion planting, but also what to plant to get pests under control, without using pesticides!

 

–List of Companion Plants

Trap Cropping

Trap Cropping

Using trap crops works! This technique is one part of pest management. When using the methods and strategies detailed in this post, you will find that you will (1) reduce the damage in the plant you want to protect and (2) either reduce or eliminate the need for chemicals in your garden!

 

–List of Trap Crops

–Video on what trap cropping is and How to do it. 

slug

Slug Traps

Is something eating your plants? It might be slugs. Find out what you can do about it!

Zucchini

Easy Zucchini Pest Prevention

Do bugs got your squash? Learn how I kick them out of the Zuchs!