Pests have a sense of smell and peppermints, thymes and wormwoods are excellent players in keeping pests at bay.
Wormwood is the champion!
Basils and Dill deter the tomato horn worm.
Put in some trap crops or let a few of the trap crops grow. Poke weed, old mustards, cleome etc..
Plants, especially herbs, have essential oil’s which decimate viral infections, eliminate fungal and bacterial issues in humans as well as other plants. Rosemary and fennel can be dried and sprinkled to prevent slugs and snails.
Lavender, Oregano and Rosemary are particularly high in antibacterial and anti-fungal properties and act as strong remedies and preventives.
Tools and items to remove or treat the offending pests:
Dipel (Bt)
Dr Bronners peppermint soap in a 16oz. spray bottle. 3 teaspoons of soap per bottle and the rest water.
Spinosad
(Permethrin is synthetic and modeled after chrysanthemums which have insecticidal properties)
Neem oil
Diatomaceous earth
(DE)
Hand removing
Beneficial predators are:
Wasps
Lizards
Snakes
Spiders
Hornets
Ladybugs
Dragon flies
The program will provide an overview and what to do about the 4 basic pests in the garden or on the farm: sucking pests, chewing pests, boring pests, and human pests. Join farmer, trainer, soil alchemist, and worm whisperer Maurice Small as he digs deep on pest control and integrated pest management.
These are a few of my Sempervivum tectorum (hen and chicks). They make me happy because they have so many unique details in their individual plant clusters. They are extremely hardy and have a strong drought resistance. The container that they are in was made from old heat treated pallet wood from one of my decommissioned compost bins (non treated wood). And because my focus is on compost and food, the plump leaves of this succulent are edible raw. Go easy at first to avoid a upset stomach.
It was a good year for growing in #AtlantaUrbanAg.
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This is our version of Ecological Accounting. These are 50 days in and we have only had to cover them with Agribond twice.
Atlanta Urban Agriculture.
Seriously….. Atlanta Urban Ag.
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Gonna wash and disinfect these compostable pots and get them ready for the 2020 season. These pots will hold tomatoes and peppers and we will start our seedlings in the next four days (January 15-18). Our planting zone here in Atlanta is a rapidly rising zone 8a. What are you planting now?
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