Pests

Below are listed blog posts on the Food Garden Group blog that discuss how to recognise and control Pests :

The following posts are about pest control in general or more than one pest:

Pest Control Quick Guide : tips and hints for recognising and controlling 21 pests that are common in Tasmanian gardens

Homemade Pest Control Sprays : how to easily make 10 pest control potions at little cost

What are the problems with chemical pesticides?

Best practice pest control is a six step approach in which you first consider Step 1 and then move on to Step 2 to 6 if needed. Click on the links below to find out more:

Step 1: make your food garden as healthy as possible - Step 2: don't please your pests

Step 3: keep them out - Step 4: catch and remove 

Step 5: is further action needed? - Step 6: use a low-impact pesticide

The following blog posts discuss one specific subject:

Brown Rot - pest control section of Peaches and Nectarines , Brown Rot section in Lessons Learned 

Butterflies, moths and brassicas

Chemical pesticides - what's the problem?

Codling moth: Outsmarting codling moth , Beating codling moth

Curly Leaf: Controlling curly leaf , pest control section of Peaches and Nectarines

Glyphosate - What is all the fuss about?

Mildew - how to prevent or overcome it

Pear and Cherry Slug - how to control it 

Weeds - 10 suggestions for removing them without chemicals

When Rust blows in

Wildlife - how to keep it out: Wildlife and food gardens , A wildlife-proof food garden