“Freshly planted and carefully tended, vegetable gardens can quickly become a magnet for trouble. Problems seem to spring up overnight.
Weeds, for instance, can overtake a garden in days. Slugs munch on seedlings. Aphids suck the juices from any number of plants. And that white butterfly you see fluttering around? It’s a cabbage white butterfly that lays eggs that turn into voracious larvae.”
Weston Miller, horticulturist with Oregon State University Extension Service, says that “weeds are the hardest part of vegetable gardening. If you let them get out of control, it’s a big problem. Using a hoe when the weeds are small will save you from having to bend down.”
Read tips about weeding (and thwarting garden pests) HERE.
