Tuesday’s Tips — Spinosad for Garden Pests

Of all the organic products we can use to eliminate pests in the garden Spinosad (spin-OH-sid) has perhaps the most curious back story. A scientist who was part of a team that was searching for new naturally occurring pest controls was on vacation in the Caribbean in 1982. He was poking around an old abandoned...

Tuesday’s Tips — Rose Slugs

Update: I'm pinning post this to the top of the page because this can be such a frustrating problem. The rose slugs (aka rose sawfly larvae) seem to be worse some years than others an it's still a little early and cool for the bugs to show up, but when they do come here's what...