gardening (keeping an eye on the bugs!)

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Slim,

 

I wish you all the best with you gardening! I've read of other " natural "

pest-control methods, but they are kind of gross--and I could not mention them

on this board, as some of them involve killing the bug(s) themselves to use as

part of the " remedy " .

 

I saw a garden last summer that was located near " deer country " . We have a

lot of that in our area and apparently, putting wads of cut-off human hair into

a small bag--like in a tied-off piece of pany-hose, will repel the deer fairly

well. Planting lots of marigolds (the kind that are really SMELLY) is also

supposed to get rid of the " bad " nematodes in the soil that can harm plant

roots. Nasturtium supposedly is similar. (Whenever I planted nasturtiums,

however, I've most often gotten a large batch of aphids, and they love

nasturtiums.

 

By the way (and you probably know this, too) pansies, violas (johnny jump

ups), calendulas, the SIGNET (very small) marigolds, and nasturtiums--are all

edible. I have grown them at various times and they are a colorful thing to add

to salads.

 

I don't like to have to kill bugs very much. It's good if birds, bats,

toads (or frogs) and other such bug-eaters can be enticed into the garden area.

I shun the use of chemical deterrents because I get allergy-like symptoms from

them (the chemical bug-deterrents).

Anytime someone tries something that's non-chemical when gardening, I'm all

for it!

 

Cheers!

--Laura B.

 

 

 

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