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How to Protect Your Garden Naturally

WesternGardener, contributor | April 13th, 2013

If you’re tired of fighting pests in your garden, you need to arm yourself with Ed Rosenthal’s new book. "Protect Your Garden" is a troubleshooting guide for growing a healthy garden for you and your pets.

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DIY Raised Bed (Removable) Pest Gate

yourownvictorygarden, contributor | April 12th, 20135 comments

This do-it-yourself pest gate is removable and can help keep out unwanted guests.

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Book Review: Texas Bug Book: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

yourownvictorygarden, contributor | August 28th, 2012

The Texas Bug Book is a glossary of the most common pests and beneficials around the garden.

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QUESTION: Tiny reddish-orange specks crawling on cement block and rock, what are they?

10shoe, member | July 5th, 2012

I bought some large Noyo rock (football size) and some cement retaining wall block. It's stacked and piled on a cement pad. I noticed tiny pin prick size reddish orange specks crawling all over them...

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Some thoughts on Groundhog Day

Ruth, Web producer | February 1st, 20122 comments

You say groundhogs, I say woodchucks. Either way, February 2 is their special day.

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Video: Squash Bug Control

yourownvictorygarden, contributor | July 24th, 20114 comments

Here are some organic solutions to control squash bugs, featuring an insecticidal soap recipe.

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QUESTION: Japanese Beetles

Janni, member | July 14th, 20111 comment

The Japanese beetles are back. I hand pick them or knock them into soapy water in a little dish. They drown immediately but I am wondering if there is another way to trap them. I do...

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QUESTION: Help! Birds are eating my tomatoes

Gina123, member | June 28th, 201110 comments

I have several tomato plants and as soon as one of the tomatoes get red and ripe almost ready to pick something comes along and takes bites out of it. I am pretty sure it is birds because it happens...

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Low-Cost Deer Defense

cookinwithherbs, contributor | June 16th, 201112 comments

An easy, recyclable deer defense creates a visual moving barrier to keep deer out of the garden. Watch the video...

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Pest-Fighting Flowers

yourownvictorygarden, contributor | April 27th, 20113 comments

Growing flowers alongside your veggies can greatly help in the fight against pests.

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QUESTION: Skunk or Squirrel?

Auburn6219, member | April 23rd, 20112 comments

Every year without fail, my containers of herbs, flowering plants and tomatoes are "dug up" by an animal (not sure what animal it is just yet). It appears that what ever it is will dig them up at the...

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QUESTION: Help! Nematodes Are Killing My Beloved Tomatoes

surfgirl, member | August 14th, 20106 comments

Okay, so I'm only a second season backyard gardener and for gardening info, I'm based in Southern California, a few blocks from the ocean. We put in two 4x6 beds last year and had bumper crops...

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QUESTION: Zucchini Pests: Help! What Are They and How to I Kill Them?

curryleaf, member | July 25th, 20105 comments

I'm so depressed. Every year mid-summer, pests swarm my community garden and kill every zucchini/squash plant in sight. Can you please help me name these bugs and get strategies to fight them in the...

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QUESTION: Are assassin bugs friend or foe to tomato plants?

dragonfle, member | June 13th, 20107 comments

I see assasin bugs on my tomatoes but not many other bugs. However several tomatoes were damaged and rotted on the plant before they were ripe. Will the assasin bugs cause any harm to the...

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A Gopher in Your Garden

ChrisMcLaughlin, contributor | March 8th, 20108 comments

After watching these gardeners try every back-breaking, mind-numbing thing they could think of to protect their own, I've decided to throw in the towel before I ever break a sweat.

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QUESTION: Aphids

FarmerJoe108, member | November 25th, 20091 comment

What is the best way to keep aphids off of my green pepper plant?

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QUESTION: Keeping Groundhogs Out of Raised Beds

ggltd, member | November 17th, 20093 comments

Groundhogs (aka woodchucks) dug under the gate and wiped out my cabbages. What can I do?

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Garlic and Chile Insecticidal Soap Spray

cookinwithherbs, contributor | October 9th, 20097 comments

I have been making this spray for more than 20 years--I don't remember where the idea came from--perhaps an old issue of Organic Gardening or Mother Earth News. I do know that the recipe works. It is...

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Video: Controlling Apple Maggots

Lee_Reich, contributor | August 5th, 20091 comment

If you you live east of the Rockies and grow apple trees, you've probably been "bugged" by apple maggots, or railroad worms. Luckily, apple maggots are easy to control without spraying. Here's how to create a simple pesticide-free trap for just a few dollars.

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Control Colorado Potato Beetle with a Mix of Strategies

KitchenGardenerMag, archive | June 1st, 2009

The Colorado potato beetle has become resistant to a number of commercial pesticides. Fortunately, there are physical, horticultural, and biological controls to choose from. Most likely, a mix of strategies will be most effective.

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