Learn how to custom mix a pest control spray using all natural ingredients from your garden! This pest deterrent is simple and effective.

If you feel your garden is under attack from birds, deer, bugs, weeds, squirrels, and disease, we'll show you how to protect a garden.

An easy-to-use, straightforward guide to vegetable garden pests that hands you all the info you'll need to identify common pests and manage them organically

As if weeds and weird weather weren't bad enough, gardeners also have to face insect pests. Here's how to deal with them.

Rodent Repellent: DIY Critter-Ridder Recipe. Make this rodent repellent for just pennies and protect your home and garden from critters.

Is your organic garden being overrun with pests? Here's how to get rid of bugs on plants in your garden- including the top 8 common garden pests!

Discover how to get rid of moles in your lawn to keep your yard healthy and beautiful by using traps, bait, barriers, and repellent.

Trap crops are added to gardens or fields to lure pests away from your plants. Learn all about decoy plants and how you can use them now on Gardener’s Path.

Learn how to keep moles away with these simple tips. Make a DIY mole repellent and take easy preventative steps against mole damage.

Guide to indoor and outdoor plants that repel pests. Pet-safe plant choices for repelling pests and keeping them away.

Are caterpillars eating all your tomatoes? Learn how to get rid of tomato hornworms in your organic vegetable garden with out using any chemicals!

List of the best plants that repel rats, mice and rodents, including shrubs, herbs, flowers and perennials that keep rats & mice away from yards.

What do ants hate? Try these solutions for how to keep ants out of your house, using everyday household items and smells ants hate, but you will love.

This easy to make homemade squirrel repellent spray will keep the critters away from you vegetable garden or outside fall decor.

When faced with a pest issue, gardeners often struggle to discover exactly who's to blame. This useful guide to identifying garden pests offers excellent advice on how to ID pests based on their actions in the garden. Excerpted from Gardening Complete by Cool Springs Press.

The last thing you want to see in your yard is a cucumber beetle. No, really, I'm not kidding. If you are starting to see these little cucumber beetles

Make your own dirt cheap liquid critter fencing using simple ingredients found in your kitchen, this liquid fence keeps deer, gophers & rabbits away

Raccoons will steer clear of this potent spray.

The small and striped rodents, known as Chipmunks really make the garden area messy. Thus, to know how to keep chipmunks out of your garden, ping at The Gardening Dad.

Enjoy a natural light show by learning how to attract fireflies to your yard. These enchanting bugs are not only entertaining, but good for your yard.

Actionable Ways to Keep Squirrels Out of Your Garden is a guide to help you keep these pests away from your plants. You probably have some of these items!

Plant leaves of cabbage, swede, kale, Brussel sprouts, etc. becoming full of holes? There are a few garden pests you will need to rid yourself of.

These DIY deer repellents are easy to use and effective for banishing these critters from gardens and backyards. From garlic solutions to physical barriers, here's what to try.

This all-natural, homemade copycat version of Liquid Fence deer repellent is what I'm currently using. We live in an area with lots of wildlife and the deer are very persistent. This easy homemade deer repellent works great! If you're overrun with deer, try making it today!

Are you looking for beautiful plants to add to your landscaping that the rabbits will not eat? These 19 plants that repel rabbits are great....

Confession: I never knew how many animals roamed the night until I moved into a house with a yard that was a veritable buffet for said animals. Raccoons, opossums, skunks, even coyotes and foxes — all of them are common sightings in my neighborhood and a real problem for residents with edible gar

Drain flies, while not harmful, are extremely annoying pests. Learn how to get rid of drain gnats with natural remedies that are simple and easy to use.

If you’re like me, you take pride in your garden. And if that’s the case then you know how much of a struggle it is to keep pests like deer, rabbits, slugs or other critters away from your prized possessions. You can always go with loading up your garden with chemicals but who wants that?...

It seems that whenever you start a garden, animals show up to eat your veggies. Here's what can you do to keep critters out of your garden.

Want to know how to keep groundhogs out of the garden? Groundhogs, also known as woodchucks and whistle pigs, can be destructive. Here are some helpful tips.

How to easily get rid of tent caterpillars in your trees naturally. Including my favorite way with 1 easy ingredient. This method saves so much time and trouble.

A simple and natural solution for pesky earwigs.

Flowers Teresa from Meadowbrook Farm knows her zinnias! Her favorite varieties are Magellan and State Fair. Another variety she like is Cactus. Click here to see her other must have annuals. photos from Meadowbrook Farm Year Round Lettuce and Spinach in Containers How to Grow Lettuce - Easy Methods For Success Indoor Vegetable Gardening - Virginia Cooperative Extension - scroll down for section about growing indoors A Winter Container Garden - great article from Mother Earth News I'm dreaming of: I'm dreaming of... defined, non-muddy, weed-free, spacious pathways like the ones shown here from My Everyday Graces. Her post tells how she got the mulch for free. I'm dreaming of... raised beds, arranged with a plan in mind, in an enclosed area to keep out deer - and it should be pretty. I can't remember my source for this picture, but I'll keep looking Here's another good wonderful example found on Home Design Decorating. ... and another found on Sunset. Also see Sunset's Perfect Raised Bed. I'm dreaming of... a garden the deer can't get to. Here's an interesting idea from The Tucson Gardener. I think a high fence would be more practical for us. Beekman 1802 has a ton of ideas about Raised Bed Covers. I am really enjoying browsing their site... lots of good ideas! Also from Beekman 1802 - a post on trellises I'm dreaming of... fun, interesting, pretty trellises. Here's a good one found on Garden in a Minute's Flickr page. Lots of people sink PVC pipe in 2 or 4 spots in their raised beds to use as trellis supports. I found this example from lantanascape on Garden Web. Her trellis is made from electrical conduit. I'm dreaming of... a neat and tidy composting system from Clifford Country B&B Gardens - their raised bed garden is pretty, too. I'm dreaming of... a welcoming entrance to the garden. This one is at the Ash Lawn home of our 5th president, James Monroe. We may need two entrances. Of course Martha Stewart has gardens suitable for anyone's dreams! Her fence would certainly deter the deer . Raised Bed / No Till Gardening: "Soil compaction can reduce crop yields up to 50 percent. Water, air and roots all have difficulty moving through soil compressed by tractors, tillers or human feet. Plows, tillers or spades are the usual answers to this problem. But gardeners can avoid the problem by creating beds narrow enough to work from the sides. Organic matter can be increased greatly without getting bogged down, because raised beds drain better." Planting a Garden the No Till Way - from Jami at An Oregon Cottage "...I have very few weeds the entire remainder of the season. Honest! I don't need to cultivate, I never have any problem finding the seedlings because of weeds, and I can leave for a week and not come back to chaos." Raised Bed Vegetable Garden Design and Planning - Vegetable Gardening Online No Till Gardening - Oregon State University "...the no-dig method... Not only does it use less water, she says, it discourages weeds, improves the soil, and reduces labor for tilling and weeding." Build Your Own Raised Bed Garden - from The Pioneer Woman "...I have raised vegetable beds around my house, and I love them so much I add a couple every year." A Simple Raised Garden Plan - from Raised Bed Gardeing Blog "...Raised beds produce a variety of benefits: they extend the planting season; they reduce the need to use poor native soil; and they can reduce weeds if designed properly. Since the gardener does not walk on the raised beds, the soil is not compacted and the roots have an easier time growing. The close plant spacing and the use of compost generally result in higher yields with raised beds in comparison to conventional row gardening." Block Style Layout in Raised Bed Vegetable Gardens - Colorado State University Raised Bed Vegetable Gardens - Squidoo "...it is relatively easy to attach a framework of flexible PVC tubing to a raised garden bed over which you can place either clear plastic to create a greenhouse effect to extend your growing season even more, or some netting to prevent pests from getting to your vegetables..." How to Build a Raised Bed - interesting plan from Erin Covert Planting Guides and Charts: Central Alabama Planting Guide - a great guide for zone 7b, which is the same as Atlanta. Southeast Planting Zones Crop Rotation Chart - The Yankee Gardener Crop Rotation - Garden Organic Crop Rotation - Your Organic Gardening Blog Typical Harvest Dates in Georgia - good chart How to Plant Just about Everything - from Kitchen Stewardship Seed Starter Containers: Make Seed Starter Pots From Newspapers, Method 1 - Slide Tutorial Make Seed Starter Pots From Newspapers, Method 2 - Get the newspaper moist, using two containers that are the same size, line one with the newspaper and press in with the other container. Remove the second container and let the newspaper dry. Use this to plant your seeds, and when your plants come up and are ready to plant in the garden, you can plant the newspaper pot and all. The newspaper will decompose over time. Save eggshell halves for starting seeds. Use a tack to poke a drainage hole in each half then place the eggshell halves into an egg carton. Fill each shell with potting soil then add seeds and water.When it is time to plant seedlings, squeeze the eggshells to crush them then put the whole thing into the ground. Cardboard or Styrofoam egg cartons can be used to start seeds. Fill each cup with soil then plant seeds. If you use a Styrofoam carton poke a hole in the bottom of each cup for drainage. Yogurt Containers Cardboard coffee takeout trays are perfect and work well as seed starter pots. Source 1 Reminders for Next Year: Hang the trellis fences higher so it will be easier to weed. Dad wants to try Romano beans. Try at least two no-till raised beds. Space the rows further apart!!! Space the plants further apart. Mulch when planting. Plant less. Do something about the deer. Garden Markers: Fun Idea from Scraps and Scribbles Worm Farms (Vermiculture) Vermiculture Blog - I found lots of info on this blog including many of the videos below Setting Up the Worm Factory - YouTube video Cheap and Easy Worm Farming Worm Bin Temperature - lots more info on this site Temperature Extremes Have Their Challenges - another good info site Wood Worm Farms - supposedly better for outside use... year round Setting Up a Simple Bed: Global WORMing - love this video Vermiculture - plywood bin at blog - Mesa Lane COW Unwrapped - picture set showing how to set up Can of Worms bin Composting With Worms, Earth 911 - Ordering Seeds: Southern Exposure Seed Exchange - Virginia Johnny's Selected Seed - Maine Heirloom Seeds - Pennsylvania - They only sell open pollinated seeds - no hybrids! :-D -special page for Southern Favorites Seeds of Change - New Mexico Seed Savers Exchange - Iowa - non-profit, heirloom seeds Renee's Garden - California -some heirloom & open-pollinated Bountiful Gardens - California - heirloom, open-pollinated Amazon - a variety of vegetable seeds, some heirloom, different brands MISC: Thrifty and Money Saving Gardening Ideas and Tricks Cheap Tricks for Seed Starting Winter sowing - in plastic jugs and bottles - click here for explanation Edging and Compost Talk - from Donna at Funky Junk Interiors Fabulous Tomato Cages - also see recommendation on blog, Four Hills of Squash - here and here When to Pick and How to Ripen Pears to Perfection - great article!

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Are you looking for easy and cheap tips for the best way to keep deer out of your yard or garden? Then read 20 easy tips to keep deer out of your garden!

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Lab studies now show we were using too much boric acid. Lower amounts are shown to work well to kill the fire ants hive and queen in under 8 weeks.