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preferrable. Two cups of cattle urine with 5 ml peppermint oil and 10 litres of water can be used tocontrol fungal diseases on grapes.Furrows - Deep (dusty) furrows can be used to stop armyworms, chinch bugs, wingless May beetles, crickets andother crawling pests as they move from field to field. The loose dirt keeps them for escaping and you physicallysmash them in the furrows or bury coffee cans with soapy water dug at intervals along the bottom of the furrow.Galerucella Beetles - can be released to attack the purple loosestrife plant. One stalk of loosestrife can reach7’ in height with 30 stems and produces 2.5 million seeds. Purple loosestrife is beautiful to look at, but reallyuseless as far as wildlife is concerned.Garbage - Keep in tightly sealed containers that are routinely washed.Garlic - is one of the best-researched medicinal plants, its use dating back before Hippocrates in ancient Greece.Christopher Columbus found the Native Americans harvesting it, and Louis Pasteur described the wonderfulantibacterial properties of garlic extracts. More than 1200 scientific papers have been published in this centuryalone that suggest a wide variety of uses for garlic preparations. Whether consumed in the U. S. as a food orin a pharmaceutical-type form, garlic remains extremely popular, with annual U. S. sales of over $100 million.Recent studies on garlic’s cardiovascular effects have focused on the sulfur compounds called thiosulfinates.It is suggested that these compounds are primarily responsible for garlic’s potency and for its effectiveness indecreasing the production of cholesterol and lowering blood presssure. Studies suggest that garlic may inhibitfatty acid synthesis and decrease cholesterolgenesis in liver cells, and may reduce total cholesterol, triglyceridesand LDL-cholesterol levels. In some cases it may also improve levels of HDL-cholesterol, the so-called “good”cholesterol. Garlic decreases the risk of developing colorectal, prostate, liver, breast, skin and digestive tractcancer. For maximum benefit you need to ingest 3 medium cloves of fresh garlic daily. Garlic boosts the immunesystem and helps reduce the pain of arthritis and contains sulphur which helps your liver detoxify a widerange of poisonous compounds.Garlic improves the taste of food. Garlic repels most insect pests. When it is diluted with water, garlic can besprayed on plants weekly to prevent many pest infestations. Garlic contains a sulphur compound that is an excellentnatural antibiotic and a fungicide (Controlling rust, blackspot and other fungal diseases.). Don’t forget toproperly weed, organically fertilize, water and space your plants. Puree 5 - 6 garlic cloves with 2 cups of waterand a few hot chili peppers in a blender, strain, add a few drops of liquid soap - spray to repel a wide variety ofpests including deer and to kill or prevent fungal diseases. To make garlic/pepper tea, liquefy 2 bulbs of garlicand 2 hot peppers in a blender 1/2 to 2/3 full of water. Strain the solids and add enough water to make 1 gallonof concentrate. Mix at a rate of 1/4 cup of this concentrate per gallon of water. As a “kicker” - add 2 tablespoonsof vegetable oil or horticultural oil per gallon of the mix. To make garlic tea - simply omit the hot peppers andadd another bulb of garlic. Garlic keeps insects off your plants without dangerous synthetic insecticide poisons.Garlic is highly systemic for translocating nutrients. Garlic normally will not wash off plants because of thesystemic or absorption factor. Garlic can be applied in furrow, foliar, or as a transplant solution. Approved fororganic use. Safe for people, animals, and the environment. Synergistic with other liquid materials-blood meal,bone meal, sulfate of potash, seaweed, fish emulsion, biologicals, corn syrup, molasses, etc. Increases healthand yield. Works naturally to repel insects and/or kill others, especially caterpillars and larvae. Insects neverbecome immune to garlic. Scent disappears from human detection in minutes. Garlic preserves beneficialinsects so they can do their job, and does not leave a hint of garlic taste on food crops. Repels mosquitoes for1 - 2 months. One gallon of 100% garlic juice will cover 20 acres - when diluted and sprayed. “One clove ofgarlic, one onion, one tablespoon of cayenne pepper and a quart of water. Steep for one hour, add a tablespoonof liquid soap and spray it around the house” for ant and roach control. Garlic may slow bladder cancer in miceand improves the taste of many food items, and is said to repel some blood-feeding insects when eaten. Garlichas been used as an antibiotic to control wounds before World War I and has been used in herbal medicine formillennia. Garlic barriers repel ants, earwigs, spiders, aphids, grasshoppers, loopers, etc. Growing garlic alsocreates an aroma around vulnerable plants that creates a fungus-free zone. CAUTION: Garlic will also killand repel some beneficial insects, e.g., lacewings and syrphid flies which prey on pest insects, and isphytotoxic to Littleleaf Linden leaves.Plant garlic next to peach trees as close to the trunk as possible to keep peach borers from killing your trees.At the first sign of a cold or flu, pop a garlic clove in your mouth and chew. You may not be the most popular396