Garden pests and how to control them: Country Journal's guide to what, besides yourself, loves fresh flowers and vegetables
Article Abstract:
Slugs and the insects are described, as well as the plants they attack, and control methods. Controls include, red pepper spray, aluminum reflectors, hand picking, and Bacillus thuringiensis. The Colorado beetle often found on tomatoes and eggplant will eat itself to death on wheat bran.
Publication Name: Country Journal
Subject: Home and garden
ISSN: 0898-6355
Year: 1996
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Mice under the meadow
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The vole, also known as the meadow mouse or field mouse, can easily fill an acre of grassy field into home for 300. Their tracks and tunnels in the snow make them more visible to humans and predators than any other time of the year.
Publication Name: Country Journal
Subject: Home and garden
ISSN: 0898-6355
Year: 2001
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