Natural Ways to Combat Aphids

Finding an infestation of aphids on one of your favorite plants is not something you want to see in the garden. One of the tricks I learned to combat aphids is to keep the leaves clean, even if it is just a routine spray of water.  Once you experience aphids, you don't want to go there...

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Using Eggshells in the Garden

Recycling . . . I love using something that is usually thrown away in useful ways.  Eggshells are free and so beneficial in the garden. As long as I can remember, eggshells were always put in the soil mixture when first planting tomato plants. We sprinkle eggshells as a mulch when slugs become...

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Slug Control . . . Home Remedies

You can have gorgeous flowering plants one day and wake up the next morning to nothing but sticks.  Slugs will do that! After lots of experimenting, I found many different methods of getting rid of them . . . Best method . . . purchased organic slug bait and put in jars with holes in...

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Organic pest control

Someone left a comment on one of my posts asking the question . . ."how do I keep bugs from eating my basil?" I'm an organic gardener and don't use chemicals in my garden, especially on herbs and vegetables.  There are several recipes that I've used to control pests, but the one that is...

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