Summer of ’22, I grew brassicas out in the open without any insect mesh, from seedling to finish. I was feeling confident in my parasitic wasp population, and they didn’t disappoint. What a turn around! For most of my garden life I haven’t bothered growing brassica through summer because the cabbage white caterpillars decimated them. […]
Break The Pest Cycle
By | LastUpdated January 1, 2023
Pests are part of a gardening life – especially when your vegie patch is full of all their favourite food. Add to that a bit of stress like drought for instance, and immunity and pest resistance are lowered, fanning the flames and increasing the likelihood of high numbers of sap sucking, fruit gobbling critters. With […]
The Bio-fungicide Advantage
By | LastUpdated December 8, 2022
The first signs of summer disease are making themselves known – potential is high after our mild, wet spring. Cool your heels before rushing out to buy a big hitting fungicide and have a read about the bio-fungicide advantage. Bio-fungicides are a gentle, natural solution to disease – they do no harm. Traditional fungicides (copper, […]
Can I Compost Diseased Plant Matter?
By | LastUpdated January 1, 2022
Yes! Yes, you can. Nature specialises in detoxifying and outcompeting pathogens. A compost heap is full of life, more than equipped for this job. Visualise a bunch of pac-men zooming about gobbling up the bad guys and you’re not far off it. Further biology enters the fray to decompose it all and return it to […]
