Well it is that time of year again, the gardens have been plowed,
\nseeds have been sown and are now poking through the ground; and while
\nall this is happening insects are finding themselves a smorgasbord of
\ntender little goodies to feast upon. That being said, in order to
\ndeter these little creatures and keep our food safe I have found a few
\nholistic pest remedies I would like to share that really work and do
\nnot put our families, pet\u2019s or gardens at risk\u2026<\/p>\n
Garlic Oil Spray<\/strong> Well it is that time of year again, the gardens have been plowed, seeds have been sown and are now poking through the ground; and while all this is happening insects are finding themselves a smorgasbord of tender little goodies to feast upon. That being said, in order to deter these little creatures and keep our food safe I have found a few holistic pest remedies I would like to share that really work and do not put our families, pet\u2019s or gardens at risk\u2026 Garlic Oil Spray 15 cloves of minced garlic 2 tsp. mineral oil 2 2\/3 C. water 1t. liquid dish soap Soak garlic in mineral oil for 24 hours. Strain garlic out and add water and 1t. liquid dish soap. Mix thoroughly. Spray plants with this solution once a week but no more as too much soap will burn leaves on plants. Insects affected: Spider mites Aphids, and whiteflies Sticky Traps 1-2 Tbsp. Un-petroleum Jelly (regular Vaseline will work though) 4\u201dx8\u201d plastic cards or cardboard Waterproof yellow paint Apply un-petroleum Jelly liberally over both sides of the card. Hang the cards just above the top of plants (can also be hung in house to get rid of inside flying insects). Insects controlled: Gnats, and whiteflies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":1,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6810","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6810","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6810"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6810\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6618,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6810\/revisions\/6618"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6810"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6810"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6810"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n15 cloves of minced garlic
\n2 tsp. mineral oil
\n2 2\/3 C. water
\n1t. liquid dish soap
\nSoak garlic in mineral oil for 24 hours. Strain garlic out and add
\nwater and 1t. liquid dish soap. Mix thoroughly. Spray plants with this
\nsolution once a week but no more as too much soap will burn leaves on
\nplants.
\nInsects affected: Spider mites Aphids, and whiteflies<\/p>\n
\nSticky Traps<\/strong>
\n1-2 Tbsp. Un-petroleum Jelly (regular Vaseline will work though)
\n4\u201dx8\u201d plastic cards or cardboard
\nWaterproof yellow paint
\nApply un-petroleum Jelly liberally over both sides of the card. Hang
\nthe cards just above the top of plants (can also be hung in house to
\nget rid of inside flying insects).
\nInsects controlled: Gnats, and whiteflies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"