Wednesday, January 22, 2014

4. Pest prevention, beneficials

Bugs:
Keep it weed free! Less habitats for bugs.

Floating row covers. Eg. eggplant. Note how 3 to 4 weeks under a row cover compares to uncovered plants being attacked by flea beetles.

Attract birds with a bird feeder. Let it run down every other day or so. Watch them eat butterflies before they laying eggs of damaging larva.

Smoldering fire upwind to confuse downwind insects.

Stir up the garden with wood ashes on a mop that is swiped down the row

Dometius Earth

Deer
Plastic deer fencing - minimum of 6 feet

Groundhog/rabbit
Keep a clear perimeter - they can be seen loitering near the garden before digging to get into the garden by a few days. Quickly set a have a heart trap with strawberries. If it fails, then use any other method permitted by law with kill traps or rifle.

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