Even in an organic garden or orchard, sometimes you need to spray, for both pests and diseases, and also for applying products like compost tea. Having the right equipment for the job not only keeps you safer, but makes the job both more effic [...]
In an organic garden, instead of using chemicals to kill problem insects, we use a whole toolbox of other ways of thwarting them, and one of the easiest and most effective is to provide a barrier that they just can’t overcome! Barriers are mos [...]
Large pests such as rabbits, hares, kangaroos, wallabies—or maybe domestic ‘pests’ like sheep or goats—are mainly a problem for your actual fruit trees, rather than the fruit. To guard against them and protect your trees, it’s important to kno [...]
Monitoring your fruit trees regularly is one of your best tools in the fight against pests and diseases, as it helps you respond quickly before a problem has got out of control. Weekly visits throughout spring, summer and autumn help you get t [...]
Most pest issues resolve by themselves over time as you increase the biodiversity in your garden, and insecticides should always be the instrument of last resort when it comes to pest control. There are times when you need to use them, for exa [...]
Monitoring your fruit trees regularly is one of your best tools in the fight against pests and diseases, as it helps you respond quickly before a problem has got out of control. Weekly visits throughout spring, summer and autumn help you get t [...]
Most of the chemicals in nonorganic agriculture are used for controlling pests and diseases, and despite the organic sector holding more than 12 million hectares of land in Australia, chemical farming still accounts for more than 99% of the fo [...]
As organic gardeners, we don’t use chemicals to kill pests and diseases, but instead rely on building a healthy, balanced ecosystem in our garden—it’s better for our health, the health of the environment, and it also takes some pressure off ou [...]
We usually focus on tiny pests that damage our fruit, but it’s also important to think about the larger pests that can damage newly planted fruit trees, like kangaroos, hares and rabbits. There’s a number of ways you can protect your trees fro [...]
Our organic pest and disease control strategy is dependent on getting to know your enemy—and the first step is to figure out which of the common pests and diseases are (or are likely to be) a problem at your place. Filling out the tables in th [...]
