You're listening to the Beginners Garden podcast. I'm Jill McShehehehe with Journey Withjil.net,

and my goal is to give beginning gardeners the tools they need to grow a rewarding, productive garden.

Music. The... Hey guys. Today on the podcast, we're going to be talking about how I control insects in my garden without using any non-organic pesticides, and rarely do I use any organic ones. If you're a regular of the show, you've heard me talk about this, but maybe you're

wondering exactly how I do it. And honestly, I think the answer will surprise you a bit. I will be giving you some specific

tactics that I use that will help you in your garden, whether you are battling them this year

or you're looking forward to next year and trying to get a hold on some of those nasty insects

that eat your crops. But I'm also going to be talking about bigger picture,

mindset things that I think will help you even more. Before we get into the nitty gritty,

let me give you a little bit of a backstory. So I'm a bit of a planner. Actually, I'm a big planner,

and I am not a procrastinator, actually the opposite. And so at this time of year, I'm a big planner and I am not a procrastinator, actually the opposite.

And so at this time of year, I'm starting to think what kind of podcast episodes could I give you in 2020 or even in the fall that might be helpful for you.

And I always want to keep an ear out for what you're struggling with so that I can give you

episodes that are going to help you the most. So in my free Facebook group, The Beginners Garden

Shortcut, I ask the question, what would you like me to do a podcast on? And again, I'm thinking

more toward fall and winter and next season episodes, but one particular

topic caught my eye, and I wanted to get out an episode fast, because I think this is something

that so many of you guys could totally use in your garden right now and as you're planning

for next year, like I said. So in response to that question, Mary Grace responded, and I'm going to

paraphrase here, she says, how do you keep pest problems under control or avoid it? I know you said

in a podcast you very rarely spray anything, so what is it do you do? How do you avoid having that problem? Are you watering your garden with

holy water or something? I've done some companion planning and that does seem to help. Well, Mary,

I do not water my garden with holy water. It's the city's water and hopefully more rain than that.

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