Friday, July 21, 2006

Bugged!

Oh tis the season for all kinds of bugs in the garden. Personally I have many and usually, because I organic garden, I pick alot off the plants and put them in water with a little dishsoap added to it. I'm full into picking right now. I also put a little soapy water on my cabages to discourage the moths, and if they get through, then I put a little hot pepper spray on them. You can buy BT also, and that works good until the first rain. Bean plants need to be checked for their hosts, the striped cucumber beetle and the bean bug, and sometimes you need to check the tomatoes for the worm [You won't miss them as they're so big, a little hard to see as they are the very same color as the limbs], when it moves grab it and dispose of it. Companion planting helps discourage alot of hosts, but that's another subject. I have dill all through the garden.

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