So as much as we’ve had some garden friends, we’ve also had our share of bad luck. Garden pests always try to screw up our gardens!
In our garden, we often battle with quite a few garden ‘frenemies’ and outright pests…
Gardening would be so much easier without these insects, rodents, and wild critters interfering.
This section of the site will bring you tips on dealing with various garden pests. We’ll share tips for preventing and dealing with pests as well as gardening product suggestions to help your garden thrive despite the critters!
We are still exploring ways to peacefully coexist or to “deal with” these pests and pesky creatures. Stay tuned for our adventures here!
My pickling cucumbers are flowering and getting pollinated like mad! It’s truly amazing. Except for the cucumber leaves turning yellow, which I can’t discern for the life of me. Why is this happening? I am loving my garden this year and don’t want to sacrifice any of those adorable and delicious pickling cucumbers. I’m hot…
Look how beautifully your beans are growing! Oh wait, why are the leaves suddenly all tattered! Don’t look now but it’s a Japanese beetle infestation! If you are finding beetles in plants, chances are you may have Japanese beetles. Look for that unmistakable copper brown color on their wings. You can also make an educated…
Are you struggling to grow brassicas without those awful green cabbage worms? The cabbage moth (white butterfly) is to blame and I’ve only recently come to know its name and its infamy. When I was young, I loved running through the field on our property chasing after the white butterflies. I’d catch them and then…
If I could get rid of one garden pest, I think it would be squash vine borers (right after the groundhog!). Those squash borer buggers decimated our zucchini, yellow summer squash, and even our pickling cucumbers last season. We tried surgical attempts to rid the plants of the worms inside the stem, to no avail….
It seems there’s always something after our precious gardens and the crops we grow. Whether it’s munching on your tomatoes one bite at a time, chewing plastic pots, or burying nuts literally everywhere, squirrels can be a pain! Try blood meal – squirrels hate it! Plus find out how to deter squirrels from garden, containers,…