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Put slugs & snails on your compost heap. Put them to work. Our garden ecology needs everything including slugs & snails to eat dying materials 🤩
Use various herbs cos they encourage beneficial insects. I spread them everywhere. Try it 🤩
Leave two or three parsnips to flower. Magnet for ladybird & other beneficial insects
Plant pot marigolds around beans. They kept my bean plants pest free
I’m trialling herbs this year let ya know 🤩
I had an infestation of aphids on me lupins I did nothing & small birds came in and annihilated them Nature often takes care of pests. Often if you are patient nature takes care of pests I now plant lupins all over my plot cos they are susceptible to aphids cos it brings in the birds and my edibles are left relatively pest free
When I first started gardening I thought pests meant the plants were weak so would feed them (probably fish fertilizer) and watch them. Seemed to work?!
Huw – 12:36 needs the healthy soil video tile
I have artichokes planted — 3rd year now! Every year, aphids absolutely cover the plants and no amount of pressure watering can get rid of them from among the petals. I have tried, because I love perennials, but — will be pulling them out end of this season. Don't want to stress about it any more, and I can devote the space to something that gives more pleasure than anxiety.
sacrificial crops that pests prefer when they can't be redirected to compost duties
Jackdaws eat my peas, broad beans, corn and any other grains. I have given up on growing peas and corn. I can keep some broadbeans for myself, if I net them well.
Sometimes, pests can be a deficiency symptom. I know my brassicas need calcium when aphids como to visit.
Hmm, tomato and potato blight, blight on the aubergines – I find it hard to accept I have to throw away all that work. The blight is due to inclement weather.. I grow all sorts of plants together but this year it is really difficult.
How do you deal with voles?
I was showing my husband my garden and he said "oh this plant has bugs" and I said "yep" and we moved on. lol
Thanks for a great video and also for suggesting the david the good video which I have to admit I've never heard of before but also very interesting and has certainly changed my mind set ❤
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limey
See, now you are starting to agree with me!
We need to build healthy ecosystems where our intervention is to guide that ecosystem so we can harvest what we need to thrive.
My dad came from a large farming community in SD, he would always over-plant our gardens. The weaker plants would attract the insects, leaving the healthy plants to produce profusely. We always canned an entire year’s worth of food every year from Dad’s garden. Feeling grateful for that.
White cabbage moths are NOT welcome in my garden. I use netting
I watched that video!
Great minds think alike!
Great video yourself Huw!
Love the advice from David the Good, which is much like what I've done for years. But, most non-organic gardeners would have a panic attack if they saw pests devouring their plants. Some of my favorite garden predators are Bluebirds and Tree Swallows. I love watching the Bluebirds pick worms and beetles off of the plants, and watching the swallows soaring overhead cleaning up the moths.
Nature hates sterility. it's a self-limiting way of working!
I’ve had to give up on my first crop of cucumbers as it got decimated by aphids and other pests. I planted a different variety of cucumbers in June. And they’re ready to replace the old ones now. The best part is all the beneficial insects have found my garden and are visiting daily.
Why is your tomato growing in the wire tube is it for support?
I'll tell ya about pests. The cows pushed down my gate to get to the clover in my garden!
They weren't too interested in the tomatoes, but they grazed away all my brassicas and beans. Some of the maize might survive, with most of the squash and tomatoes, but all the peppers and potatoes had their tops removed. Flowers are gone, too.
I try to find the hornworms. But if I miss some the birds find them. I will find evidence of them being there but no hornworm. I even find bird poo left behind. Lol