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5 Ways to Say, “Get Lost, Aphids!”

April 10, 2012July 8, 2020 Becky

I was alarmed to find aphid honeydew (aka aphid secretions) on my spinach last week. These little creepy crawlies send me into fits. Last year, they did a number on my okra, devouring it into oblivion. It seems that an enclosed raised bed like mine is great for keeping big bugs, slugs, and animals out,… Continue reading 5 Ways to Say, “Get Lost, Aphids!”

Featured, In the Garden

Under a Canopy of Tomatoes

March 22, 2012September 7, 2015 Becky

I've been around a garden for as long as I can remember. My father is an avid gardener, and when I was a child, the entrance of spring meant peat pots, seed packets, and my dad at the helm of a lumbering rototiller.