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.

Mexican bean beetle larvae Whitney Cranshaw image

getting to know your garden insects, with dr. david shetlar

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asian jumping worms: what we know (2018 interview), with uw-madison’s brad herrick

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links i liked: fighting impatiens disease, crossbill irruption, overwintering ticks

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the latest on backyard tick research, with dr. neeta connally

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emerald ash borer, plus imperiled oaks, with morton’s murphy westwood

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when variegation reverts, killing goutweed, cucumber wilt, black knot fungus: q&a with ken druse

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controlling lily leaf beetles, with u. of rhode island’s lisa tewksbury

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powdery mildew, sowbug and pillbug infestation, fungicides on tomatoes, garlic bloat nematode: q&a with ken druse

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organic rose care, with scott arboretum’s adam glas

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working around wet spring soil (and self-sowns), plus mole and vole issues: q&a with ken druse

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native perennials from seed, woodchucks, hardening off seedlings: q&a with ken druse

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discouraging deer in the garden, with ohio state’s marne titchenell

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getting smarter about imported forest pests, with cary institute’s dr. gary lovett

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nuisance wildlife control in gardens, with ohio state’s marne titchenell

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deer-resistant plants, with broken arrow’s adam wheeler

calling all gardeners: report basil downy mildew occurrences!

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

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do home remedies for weeds or garden pests work? ask jeff gillman

cultivating ‘good garden bugs,’ with dr. mary gardiner

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the tick-borne disease equation, with dr. rick ostfeld of cary institute

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giveaway: ‘the tao of vegetable gardening,’ with carol deppe

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since you asked: is copper sulfate a chemical?

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squash bugs and other squash problems, with diane alston of utah state

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how to grow squash, cucumbers and other cucurbits, with tom stearns