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Organic Gardening
Working with the garden rather than spraying it: natural pest control and healthier soil.
6 posts
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Those Gray Clumps on Your Kale Aren't Mold, and Washing Won't Fix Them
Cabbage aphids look like powdery mildew and behave like nothing else. How to tell them from the two things people mistake them for, and why soap sprays keep failing.
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Everyone Amends Their Soil in Spring. That's Months Too Late.
Lime takes months to move soil pH, so April is the wrong time to apply it. Test your beds in September, amend in October, and let winter do the work.
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Your Squash Leaves Turned White Overnight - Don't Pull the Plant Yet
Powdery mildew hits squash every August. The leaves it takes are gone, but the plant usually has weeks of fruit left. What to cut, what to spray, when to quit.
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Stop Leaving Your Garden Beds Bare Over Winter - Sow This Instead
The bed your beans just finished in doesn't have to sit empty until spring. Which cover crop to sow in August and September, and how to pick between them.
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How to Get Rid of Tomato Hornworms Naturally
I've never spotted a hornworm before I spotted its droppings. The trick that finds them in ten seconds, and why you should check one's back first.
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How to Get Rid of Aphids Naturally
Aphid control is simpler than most guides make it. Start with the hose, escalate only if you need to, and know when a few aphids aren't worth treating.
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