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Judy Evans @JudyEv (382357) • Rockingham, Australia 2 Feb 23

MyLotter, Always smiling (@allknowing) wrote about growing sweet potatoes and mentioned that mongooses would dig up her plants. She now has fenced off the plants to keep the pests out. You can catch up here:...

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What motivates you to keep gardening if pests destroyed your last garden?

Barbara Radisavlejvic @bagarad (14283) • Paso Robles, California 8 Sep 11

I fought a colony or two of ground squirrels last year who destroyed almost everything I grew and I watched helplessly as each day I would find another tomato plant cut down at ground level. It seemed like senseless destruction,...

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The best way to get rid of a rabbit???

reinydawn @reinydawn (11642) • United States 17 Jun 09

About a week ago, we found out that we had a rabbit in our garden. My husband has never had a garden before and has no clue how things can happen with it. He didn't realize that a rabbit - or other critter for that matter - could...

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Anyone know how to treat black fly without chemicals?

nancyrowina @nancyrowina (3850) 7 Jun 09

I'm growing some vegetables and yesterday I noticed there a few black fly on my tomatoes, they don't seem to be damaging the plants yet so I'm not too worried, but if they get worse I might need to use something on them. I know...

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Japanese Beatles NE 1 Else?

3SnuggleBunnies @3SnuggleBunnies (16374) • United States 26 Aug 08

Just wondering if anyone else is coping with these lil buggers? They've invaded our area. They have done some damage here but not too much. In a town a lil bit away they have killed a mature tree as it was on the news. I'm...

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Japanese Beetles??

Ravenladyj @Ravenladyj (22902) • United States 6 Jul 07

So something is nibbling on my herbs in the garden and when I told my husband I saw some almost copper coloured beetles on my sage plant he said they are Japanese beetles...Does anyone have any ideas on how to get rid of these...

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