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[25 Feb 2012 | One Comment | ]
How to Get Rid of Green Worms in the Vegetable Garden

Of all the pests that invade vegetable gardens, the green worm is probably the easiest to spot. There are different kinds of green worms, but they all look basically the same: fat, green, and hungry. Hornworms are usually the offenders when green worms attack tomato plants. They are the larvae of white and yellow butterflies.
There are a few different ways to get rid of green worms in the vegetable garden.

Hand picking. That, my friends, is precisely what it sounds like. You pick off the nasty little bugs with your fingers. …

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[17 Dec 2011 | One Comment | ]
How to Get Rid of White Flies on Herb Plants and Vegetable Plants

So I woke up this morning and found that my indoor herb garden had been attacked by whiteflies. Ergh!
Chances are, they have been there for several days but I just noticed them. In fact, I know that’s the case.
Whiteflies are nasty little critters that attack plants, but they usually go undetected until they numbers are plentiful. This is because white flies feed off the bottom sides of plants’ leaves.
I have already begun taking care of the problem.  If you have a whitefly problem, here’s how to get them off of …