Gophers: Vertebrate IPM Tip Sheet
…in reducing soil-borne diseases, weeds, and insect pests. Flooding. Flooding burrows through irrigation or forcing water with hoses creates an undesirable habitat by causing a muddy tunnel system that will…
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Lavender Production, Markets, and Agritourism
…lavender has very few insect pests. A few fungal diseases attack lavender, but because there are no known remedies for them, chemical applications are rarely used on the plant. Lavender…
Pear Trees Exemplify Resilience
…Sustainable Agriculture publications Pears: Organic Production, Pear Diseases Identification Sheet, and Pear Insect Pests Identification Sheet. You can find more of Guy’s blog posts on our NCAT Southeast page. If…
Community Gardening
…with receiving a liberal application of deer repellant. Birds, rabbits, possums, turtles, rats, and raccoons also have a taste for fresh garden produce. Such predations, as well as insect pests…
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…of California, this project focuses on Hmong and Mien farmers, providing alternative ways to manage weeds and insect pests through educational farm visits and informational pieces in the appropriate language….
ATTRA Identification Sheet: Peach Diseases
…program, under a cooperative agreement with USDA Rural Development. ATTRA.NCAT.ORG. Related Publications Peaches: Organic and Low-Spray Production ATTRA Identification Sheet: Peach Insect Pests Pruning for Organic Management of Organic Fruit…
Reducing Tillage Intensity in Organic Production Systems
…are among the main attractions that living mulches share with killed-mulch systems. Living-mulch systems also offer the specific benefit of insect pest suppression. Living mulches frequently serve as beneficial insect…
Scarlet Runner Bean: A Cover Crop for Hot and Humid Areas
…varieties, but they are still a variety that has great potential in an irrigated setting. They weren’t bothered by pests and effectively climbed over everything else in a satisfactory manner….
Living Mulch Cover Cropping for Gardens and Small Farms: Managing an “organic matter” system
…pests or crop fertility, she now fosters a system based on ecological farm design. The foundation of her “organic matter” system is maintaining diversity of crop and ground cover year-round,…
Holistic Management: A Whole-Farm Decision Making Framework
…small margin—weather, markets, and pests. All too often we may take the attitude of, oh well, things will be better next year. With holistic financial planning the projected income is…