Organic Pest Management

[albionwood]

When talking about organic gardening, the question often comes up: "What do you do about bugs?" We also often hear "What can I use on the bugs that are attacking my plants?" but that is a very different question, one that indicates unfamiliarity with some precepts to organic gardening. What follows is a relatively short summary answer to the

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[ex_serenejo]

What a wonderful post; thank you! I am not a naturally sucessful gardener, but I can grow a lot more here in the bay area than I ever could in San Diego, and this will be very helpful to me.

[incendiary_ave]

amen!

Thank you for a thoughtful post. :)

I've noticed that since I've added a bird feeder to my garden, the slugs and snails have mostly disappeared. My guess is the birds come here knowing they will get food, then pick one of the pests up as a treat. We all win!