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Pests
An integrated approach to aphids, row covers in May, how to read leaf damage, the slug as a fact of cool-climate gardening.
The Codling Moth Pheromone Trap on a Small Orchard
Tristan Aoki spends a year monitoring three apple trees in southern Kyoto with a single five-dollar pheromone trap, and reports what he learned about timing his only spray.
Carrot Fly and the Meter-High Fence
A simple barrier and the careful timing of sowing turn a long-running carrot fly problem into a non-issue on a quarter-acre garden in Norfolk.
Wireworms in a New Potato Bed
Rowena Bell on the small orange larvae that turned up in a first-year potato bed converted from old pasture, and the three-year plan to undo the problem.
A Quiet Year with the Cabbage Root Fly
Octavia Bryne traces a single season of brassica losses on a wet West Coast garden, and the simple felt-disc collar that ended the problem.
The Slug as a Fact of Cool-Climate Gardening
Octavia Bryne on the gardener's long settlement with the slug — what works, what doesn't, and the philosophical adjustment that has to come first.
How to Read Leaf Damage by the Bite
A close examination of the marks left on bean, brassica, and apple leaves through a single July week in Devon, and what each pattern actually tells the gardener.
Row Covers in May as the First Defence
A 25-by-40 plot in central Vermont, a roll of lightweight floating cover, and the four weeks in spring that decide whether the brassicas will make it to July.
An Integrated Approach to Aphids in a Small Kitchen Garden
Octavia Bryne walks through a season of aphid management on a 14-by-20 plot in Lower Hutt, where the broad beans came up early and the ladybirds came late.