Category: Plant Protection

Keeping The Birch Leafminer at Bay

birch leaf miner

For many years there has been an annual ritual in our neighbourhood, at or around the first week in June, and the whole neighbourhood get’s in a real stink over it! The “ritual” is the application of an insecticide called dimethoate to the Weeping Birches that grace the yards of many of our neighbours lawns.…

How we control Japanese Water Beetles without chemicals

rose damage

About 8 year ago my next door neighbor decided that he was going to put in an automatic sprinkler system to keep his lawn nice and green all summer long. While I am okay with how his property looks, I am less than thrilled with the Japanese water beetles that decided to take up refuge…

How To Stop Butterflies Laying Eggs On Vegetables

netting cabbages

I can’t actually take the credit for this, it is the Wife that came up with the idea. But I thought it would be a great little handy tip for anyone that reads this. We often get real problems with butterflies laying eggs on our vegetables, notably on the cabbages. It was getting to the…