In this section of my IPM/SPM Series I'd like to discuss a particular pest that we are all familiar with. Pest damage is not restricted to our gardens, they can also affect human well-being.
Before considering pesticides, Integrated Pest Management (IPM) teaches us to identify the pest or disease process before taking the actions of least harm. The IPM website has tools that you can use to identify the pest.
This project was developed by Heloisa Kinder, Karen Slinkard, Karen Leaf and Shawn Owens. This report summarizes the results of our fall 2024 garden project focused on cultivating broccoli, kale, beets, radishes, and carrots.
Removing a tree feels like the worst kind of gardening failure, but I did it twice anyway. Let me explain. When we bought our house late in 2016, there were two trees on the property.
