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From: 45223wc@mtuxo.UUCP (w.cambre)
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Subject: Re: Organic Gardening
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Date: Thu, 18-Jul-85 19:41:45 EDT
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  Most of the methods I've heard of to organically keep bugs away
are to grow certain plants around others, i.e. marigolds around beans.
The bugs that like one kind of plant may hate another and so won't
go through the bad one to get to the one they want.  I believe one
of the Rodale books mentioned planting Nasturtiums around apple trees.

  It also mentioned crushing up garlic and onions, making a mixture and
spraying it on fruit trees to keep the bugs off.  We've tried this but
I don't think it lasts very long.

  That same book (sorry don't know the name offhand) mentioned planting
certain kinds of trees, like holly, in your orchard so the birds will
eat the holly seeds instead of your apples and such. (they actually
prefer the bitter tasting seeds).

 - Bill Cambre  (The one with the strange broccoli)   mtuxo!45223wc