Pest & Disease Control

Follow our step-by-step guides to protecting your plants and controlling pest and disease outbreaks organically. No matter what the problem, there’s an all-natural way to fix it.

Keeping The Deer Away From The Veggie Patch With Pig’s Blood

Catherine Sherriffs

At dusk the other night, I had a staring contest with a deer in my backyard. And lost. After waving my son’s toy lawn mower in the air like a crazy person, she finally left, albeit very reluctantly. The next morning, I awoke to a collapsed deer fence around my vegetable garden; the tops of…

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Gardening Tricks To Help Keep Summertime Pests At Bay

Nothing ruins a pleasant evening outdoors like the annoying sound of mosquitoes, buzzing around and thirsty for your blood. There are many ways to repel insects, but most of them contain chemicals that your skin eventually absorbs. Why not try to fight these bothersome pests naturally? Plant your way to an enjoyable time on your…
July 16, 2018
Hannah Thomas

10 Common Garden Pests and How to Get Rid of Them

Here are 10 most destructive pests that have detrimental effects on growing edibles along with safe and simple control solutions.
September 1, 2017
Raymond Web

Basic Troubleshooting Strategy

Lights, pumps, plants, and equipment all fail on occasion; being able to troubleshoot effectively can save time, energy and money. Let’s say Hypothetical Hank goes in to check his hypothetical indoor garden and in his single light garden the light isn’t on when it should be. Where should he start troubleshooting? Cheapest, Easiest, Most Likely,…
April 28, 2017
Grubbycup Stash

Bats: Garden Pest Control

Bats aren’t creepy. They’re actually a huge asset to both yard and garden pest control that is also, all natural and totally free. Being afraid of bats is the result of watching too many spooky movies! And they aren’t transmitters of diseases like rabies anymore than other wild animals and birds that regularly visit backyards. And…
November 4, 2016
Amber

Control Garden Pests with Plants?

Last week, I came across an article about scientists discovering that farmers could reduce pesticide use simply by changing the way they plant a monocrop. Interesting. Can we control garden pests with plants using this concept too? It seems doubtful many farms would implement such a change, unless plagued with pesticide tolerant superbugs. Most rely on…
October 29, 2016
Amber