One Yard Revolution: Confuse Garden Pests with Polycultures

I’ve always found vegetable gardens with nice orderly beds or rows dedicated to a single crop to be very beautiful. And this is precisely the kind of garden my family had when I was growing up, and my wife and I had for many years.

But this type of garden isn’t only appealing to us humans, it is also very appealing to garden pests. If you think of it from the perspective of, say, a cabbage moth, what could possibly be better than a garden bed dedicated entirely to kale, collard greens, or cabbage — all of their favorites in one easy to find, convenient location where they can lay their eggs and their young can feed? And after we create this perfect environment for them, we then have to take measures to control them or possibly lose our crops.

OYR is all about growing a lot of food on a little land using sustainable organic methods, while keeping costs and labor at a minimum. Emphasis is placed on improving soil quality with compost, mulch, and compost tea. No store-bought fertilizers, soil amendments, pesticides, compost activators, etc. are used.