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  if aphids are eating your basil...

  I've been experimenting with companion planting. There are some good ideas in Rodale's Organic Gardening book mentioned in the article. I have tried using nasturtiums to attract all the aphids in the yard, and keep them off my other goodies. They are pretty if you don't look at them too closely, and the aphids love them so much, they tend to leave things near them alone. Who'da thunk it? Hopefully the nasturtium gods and goddesses will forgive us the sacrifice.

  Correction to the article: toxics are not a last resort. They are not a choice. If it's the wrong plant in the wrong place, change the place or the plant. Period. It's too important- they don't just go away.

  -liese On Umbra on fighting pests with pests posted 2 years, 5 months ago 12 Responses