Killing bugs without killing your plants is a tricky affair. When you spray with over-the-counter chemicals, you might get rid of the bugs, but you’re still adding unnatural (and sometimes low-level toxic) elements into your garden’s chemistry. However, non-toxic, natural bug killers that will minimize your plant’s suffering do exist.
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Poison Ivy
June 8, 2011 – 10:42 am
Even the thought of this stuff makes me itch. And how to control it is no easy task. Poison ivy clings to surfaces with hair-like rootlets growing out of the stem. It may be low-growing, climbing, or take on a bush form. It climbs toward the sun but thrives in shade as well. It is [...]
Weed Killing Salt
June 2, 2011 – 11:47 am
I have some health issues, and I have absolutely no problem talking about any of them. Ask away and I’ll answer. But one answer you won’t get from me (at least yet) is that I suffer from hypertension. And that makes me happy because I LOVE salt.
