Seed Guide 2007 pgs 01/41 - McKenzie Seeds

To prevent aphids in the garden or
flowerbeds, plant chives, garlic or
herbs among your plants.
R. Huber, Regina SK.
Spread old, sheer curtains over
your cabbages and no cabbage
butterflies can get in. Hold the
curtains down with rocks or
stakes.
Patricia Suhan, St. Lina AB.
Place a chunk of rhubarb in the
hole when transplanting
cauliflower, broccoli or cabbage.
This helps to keep the root weevil
beetles away.
Wendy Rocco, Duncan BC.
Drizzle cabbage plants with a
mixture of vinegar and icing sugar
to stop cabbage butterflies.
M. Patterson, Ottawa ON.
To keep ants away in the summer
when children often spill sweet
drinks, keep a fresh piece of
cucumber (preferably the end, it
lasts longer) under the sink.
Christina Holtby, Surrey BC.
Sprinkling boric acid or baking
soda under the kitchen sink will
rid your house of cockroaches.
When they get back to their
hiding places, they will lick their
feet and die.
Mrs. B. Wuorijarvi, Thunder Bay ON.
A used dryer sheet placed around
new bedding and vegetable plants
prevents cutworms. The dryer
sheet eventually rots in the
ground.
C. Poole, Calgary AB.
G A R D E N I N G T I P S
Sprinkle corn meal on your
cabbages to eliminate worms.
L. Ford, Nepean ON.
When planting cabbage plants
into the garden, wrap the stem
with a piece of wax paper to
prevent cutworm damage.
Dora Bzowy, Dauphin MB.
To stop cutworms from cutting off
your bedding plants, sprinkle
yellow cornmeal around the base
of the plants.
Alva Albers, Christopher Lake SK.
To rid your garden of certain pests
and insects, sprinkle garlic salt on
the ground around peas, beans, etc.
Louise Gauthier, Val Gagne ON.
In early spring, slice a grapefruit
and put it around the trunk and
base of peach trees. Earwigs, etc.
will not bother the tree or the
fruit.
R. McNiven, Nanaimo BC.
To keep the earwig population
down, I use the following mixture:
fill a five gallon watering can with
hot water, add half a tablespoon
of liquid dish detergent and mix
thoroughly. Pour into the cracks
of fences, trellises and around the
foundation of the house. This is
most effective in late spring when
the earwigs are still young.
L. Carson, Vancouver BC.
To catch and kill earwigs, mix one
tablespoon of molasses, one
tablespoon of oil, one teaspoon of
yeast and one cup of water. Set
out in cans.
Carol MacNeil, Tantallon NS.
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