[Sca-cooks] Period gardening (was easy to grow herbs)

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Disclaimer: I haven't personally tried this, but gramma said it works.  Pick
some of the inchworms off.  Whir them in the blender with some water until well,
um, blended.  Spray on plants. 'Course she also advocated smoking a cigar and
blowing the smoke on various insects, too.

Liadan

On Wed, 9 May 2001 08:01:11 -0700 (PDT) you wrote:

>
>
> --- LrdRas at aol.com wrote:
> > I happen to use period gardening techniques because
> > they  grow
> > tastier/poison-free crops.
>
> Perhaps you can help me with this delimma, then...
> Whilst weeding my garden after work yesterday
> afternoon, I noticed my Gladiolas, Crocosmias and
> daylillies were being ravaged by tiny little
> inchworms... I would rather NOT spray them with a
> synthetic chemical poison, but garlic water and soapy
> water only seem to make them more hungry.  I have
> roughly 300 bulbs of various types in only one of my
> beds, and ALL of them are being eaten...  Do you know
> of any effective period/organic methods for removing
> inchworms from bulb foliage?  And, I'd rather not have
> to pick them off by hand, since each plant has about 3
> or 4 on it....  So, aside from dousing the whole bed
> with carbaryl, what would you suggest?
>
> Also, an unknown pest has taken a liking to my peas,
> broad beans, and turnips, so I need a
> 'veggie-friendly' method of erradicating them, as
> well.
>
> Balthazar of Blackmoor
>
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