I just read a very good gardening book last night and it came with the original manual by the Shakers on Gardening. They had all kinds of things to do for your soil to get rid of pests. The name of the book is: The Shaker Book of the Garden and it comes with the original Gardener's Manual of 1843. I am going to try their methods. They say they were the best gardeners with lots of success. They start with their soil in the fall though which is my mistake and I usually start in the spring. The arthor is Lorraine Harrison. Lisa in Va.PS it has a section on how to get rid of garden pests the natural way.
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> This summer has been exceptionally hot, so I don't think the garden did as well as last year. I planted 3 times as many green beans this year, but still only harvested about 28 quarts or so. The tomatoes are just coming on. I processed 30 pounds today when I got home from work, so there are 3 crockpots on my counter cooking tomato juice down to paste. I am hoping my pumpkins do well. The heat is really getting to them, too - but it is cooling off now in central Indiana.
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> Does anyone have any good advice for getting rid of squash bugs? Man I hate those things! We are organic here, so is there anything I could plant or encourage to grow that repels them?
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