Tomato Hornworm Control That Costs Almost Nothing
Tomato hornworms can strip a plant overnight and stay invisible the whole time. Here’s how to find them using frass, stripped stems, and a UV flashlight, plus free controls that actually work.
Tomato hornworms can strip a plant overnight and stay invisible the whole time. Here’s how to find them using frass, stripped stems, and a UV flashlight, plus free controls that actually work.
I spent two summers hand-squishing aphids before someone pointed out I was doing a job nature already had covered for free. Planting a few cheap, easy-from-seed flowers and letting some herbs go to bloom brings in hoverflies, lacewings, and parasitic wasps that handle pest control without costing you a thing.
Tomatoes that don’t set fruit, squash flowers that drop off, zucchini that just gives up. Often the problem isn’t your plants, it’s the lack of pollinators. Here are the easiest, cheapest plants to grow that will actually bring bees and butterflies to your garden.