A Way To Garden

pests & diseases

My adventures with garden pests, and tactics for dealing with ones as big as a deer or woodchuck or as small as a Viburnum leaf beetle larvae or the spores of fungal disease — all from the point of view of an organic gardener.

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beeches under pressure, with bartlett’s beth brantley

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best practices around mosquitoes, with nancy lawson

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coping with invasive jumping worms, with brad herrick of uw-madison

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diagnosing plant troubles, with the purdue plant doctor

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historic apples get a new start, with mark richardson

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troubleshooting the tomatoes, with craig lehoullier

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dealing with deer in the garden, with brad roeller

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the year’s gardening lessons learned, with joe lamp’l

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caterpillar clinic (plus magnolia scale), with the morton arboretum’s julie janoski

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stay safe: horticultural vinegar and how to read any pesticide label, with noelle orloff

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science-based companion planting: ‘plant partners,’ with jessica walliser

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what’s wrong with my tomatoes? with dr. meg mcgrath

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16 things i know about growing tomatoes

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talking pests, with clemson entomologist j.c. chong

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when inner conifer needles turn yellow or brown

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invasive asian jumping worms: a 2019 research update, with brad herrick of uw-madison

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materials for path surfaces, black spot and powdery mildew, and more: q&a with ken druse

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battling mice and voles (but never with mothballs)

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clivia, staking, viburnum leaf beetle, chestnuts & more: q&a with ken druse

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what garden ‘pests’ are trying to tell us, from eliot coleman’s ‘the new organic grower’

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what to do about fall webworm? (usually, nothing)

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fighting dodder, propagating pineapple lily and more: q&a with ken druse

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mosquitoes & water gardens; ants in pots or on peony buds, and more: q&a with ken druse

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fighting back against rose rosette disease, with christina king of star roses