How to attract beneficial insects to your vegetable garden
It's great to witness the rapid propagation that the long Spring days bring to the vegetable garden. However, this robust growth also sounds the feeding bell for a slew of uninvited pests looking to dine at your all-you-can-eat vegetarian buffet. Yes, we're all trying to make a living and this is just nature at work, but it's alarming to watch how fast a horn worm infestation can demolish a tomato plant. Pest control is a key element in the vegetable garden, and you can make your own organic pesticide solution, but it's not a cure all and buying organic pesticides can get 'spendy'. Needless to say the Big Box Store nasties are a non starter, so what's an organic gardener to do?