195-Identifying and Controlling Garden Pests Organically
The joe gardener Show - Organic Gardening - Vegetable Gardening - Expert Garden Advice From Joe Lamp'l
Joe Lamp'l
4.7 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 11 February 2021
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Summary
Before attempting a pest control method that may prove to be unnecessary, ineffective or complete overkill, the first step a gardener should take is to correctly identify the problem. Positive identification of garden pests paired with the appropriate intervention will yield the best results while minimizing or eliminating negative impacts. My guest this week, Susan Mulvihill, has penned a new book on solving common pest problems that will arm you with all the information you need to make the right control decisions.
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to the Joe Gardner Show, the podcast all about gardening, where we cover |
| 0:08.7 | everything you need to know to grow like a pro, no experience required. |
| 0:13.1 | And now here's your guide, National Gardening Television Host, and the Joe Behind Joe Gardner, |
| 0:18.5 | Joe Lampel. |
| 0:19.5 | Hi everybody, this is Joe Lampel, the Joe Behind Joe Gardner, and welcome to the Joe |
| 0:23.0 | Gardner Show. |
| 0:24.0 | Today, I'm excited to finally be able to do a podcast with my good friend Susan Mulvahill. |
| 0:29.4 | Susan is a very talented, organic Gardner and fruit grower, a prolific writer. |
| 0:34.2 | She has a Sunday column out of her hometown of Spokane, Washington for the Spokesman Review |
| 0:39.3 | on Gardening, a popular YouTube channel. |
| 0:41.8 | She's the co-author of Northwest Gardner's Handbook. |
| 0:44.5 | But today, finally, we get to talk about her brand new book, The Vegetable Garden Past |
| 0:49.1 | Handbook that's coming out in April. |
| 0:51.4 | Susan's been a longtime friend of mine, and we keep in touch frequently. |
| 0:54.6 | We featured her on my television series, Growing a Greener World, back in 2017, episode |
| 0:59.3 | 809, where we went to visit Susan and her husband Bill and their garden, and get to know Susan |
| 1:04.8 | as an organic Gardner and see her garden and just kind of hang out for a couple of days. |
| 1:08.5 | And it was a great episode, but she really get the sense that Susan cares about the |
| 1:12.7 | environment and her responsibility as a Gardner to do no harm and lighten her footprint, |
| 1:18.0 | and she's been doing that for a very long time. |
| 1:19.8 | So it only makes sense that she authored this book that she wrote before she had a book |
| 1:24.4 | deal, but she had a hunch it would be a hit, and when she told me about it, and what was |
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