Pest Patrol

For a Healthy Start, Create a Spring Garden Watch List

Typically, there isn’t a lot of pest pressure in the early part of the spring, but this time of the season has his own set of challenges. Create a spring garden watch list to create a good start for your plants and be proactive against pests. Start at ground level If you didn’t add amendments ...

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New gardeners should look for these common pests

We go to the garden when life becomes uncertain. There are a lot more people planting gardens with the onset of the Covid-19 virus this year even if they’ve never gardened before. For new gardeners, here are a few pests to watch for this season.  Slugs strike at night Slugs - From early in the ...

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Snails and Slugs in the Vegetable Garden

Snails and slugs can do some serious damage to a crop just emerging from the ground. As you can probably guess, this is the harm I’ve most recently experienced in my own garden. I’ve written several times this season about my insect barrier. It’s been awesome at keeping flea beetles and leaf miners away from ...

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