GARDEN SURPRISE (OR WHY TO GARDEN ORGANICALLY)

Hope everyone is having a GREAT weekend

Top Ten Garden Insect Pests

“Learn to identify the most common garden pests and what you can do to control them.

The following list of pest descriptions and control measures provides a good starting point for tackling pest control in gardens throughout the United States and Canada. Control solutions are listed in order of environmental friendliness. Botanical sprays, which can have detrimental effects on beneficial insects and other animals, should be used only as a last resort.”

To read more click, and beware of “Tomato Guy”

Organic farming is the form of agriculture that relies on crop rotation, green manure, compost, biological pest control, organically approved pesticide application and mechanical cultivation to maintain soil productivity and control pests. Organic farming excludes or strictly limits the use of synthetic fertilizers and synthetic pesticides, plant growth regulators, livestock antibiotics, food additives, and genetically modified organisms.

Truth be known I’m a Miracle-Gro kind of guy.

“With the brutally hot weather we’ve had lately, it seems like I’ve been constantly watering our container plants.” Read more from The Everyday Gardener's Blog ( Linda is going to water today because I’m going golfing.)

As always, “Thanks for stopping by and make sure to save some room for the peaches LOL.”

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