Pest/Insect Problems and Controls (16)

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Regarding pesticides and herbicides There are a number of threats to garden productivity, some of which are very difficult to control. So, often I'm tempted to take "serious a… Started by David Bach	0	Mar 6, 2021
Attracting Owls To Your Backyard And Why Does some tiny, fuzzy marauder eat all your early pea plants each spring and fall? Do you feel like what goes around ought to come around?… Started by Colin Keizer	0	Feb 10, 2021
Chicken-Friendly Plants Interesting article and ideas for a healthier flock. https://insteading.com/blog/chicken-friendly-plants/ A lot of them seem to be about… Started by Colin Keizer	0	Nov 29, 2020
Surrounding Environment Impacts Effectiveness Of Natural Predator Insects That box of ladybugs might be less effective or even irrelevant if the garden plot where you apply it is surrounded by other garden plots a… Started by Colin Keizer	0	Jul 16, 2019
Natural Rodent Resistance This article has two suggestions for making your garden more resistant to rodents. https://www.hometalk.com/37148048/how-to-remove-garden-r… Started by Colin Keizer	0	May 22, 2019
Science-Based Guidelines For Bee-Friendly Landscape Several interesting websites are tagged in the following article -- https://phys.org/news/2019-04-science-based-guidelines-bee-friendly-la… Started by Colin Keizer	0	Apr 5, 2019
Phacelia as a cover crop/insectary plant Phacelia tanacetifolia is a short season annual cover crop that has beautiful lavender/blue flowers that bees and beneficial insects love.… Started by Darien Payne	0	Mar 22, 2018
Mexican bean beetles have invaded the Snoqualmie Valley Mexican bean beetles have invaded the Snoqualmie Valley. At least 3 Trellis members, including me - I found 3 on my string beans, reported… Started by Larry Fisher	2	May 1, 2014 Reply by David Bach
The dreaded Washington slug Has anyone has any success with slug baits and killers? We live on a large piece of property and slugs seems to be never ending. I tried… Started by Scott Stainer	2	Nov 4, 2012 Reply by Colin Keizer
Killing slug eggs next spring I promised at the June Trellis meeting last Saturday to repost this tip from a previous meeting. Everyone at the meeting complained of lots… Started by Larry Fisher	0	Jun 20, 2011