Hello, nice to meet you...This is the Michigan forum...in DG....Please visit us, and tell us about your garden....If you have questions, post here...and someone will help you out....There are many from Michigan in DG....We all hope you will enjoy it here..so many things to learn. Again welcome and enjoy...
smiles..Diana..
Welcome Shastavi....^_^
Welcome Shastavi!! We're so glad you made it here. Tell us all about your garden.
Brenda
welcome hope your having fun !!!
Gloria
HI Shastavi
Welcome to the Michigan forum....Look forward to hearing more about you and your gardens...
Deann
welcome to the site join right in and tell us about yourself!!
Hello everyone and thank you so much for the warm welcome. I signed on with DG to try and find an organic pest solution for my rose bush and then was kind of lost. I lost the thread I started and have not taken much time to try and learn how to navigate the site. I think it will be loads of fun and of course a wealth of information.
About myself, I have always liked to garden but moved to a new (used) home 4 years ago in desperate need of a gardening makeover. It has been fun to get some gardens going but I'm still relatively small scale. I never enjoyed it as much as I do now as I had children to raise and not as much time for gardening. Sound familiar? lol. Now it's what I can focus on to fill some time so it works well. I love learning about gardening and do keep it organic.
Thank you again for the warm welcome.
shastavi
Do you by chance have the annual invasion of aphids on your roses??? I pretty much get them every year whenever I go away in June for a week.
I pretty much like to use the organic way of getting rid of pests as a first choice, however, if it does not work, then I get out the big guns and use Bayer 3-in-1 Insect, Disease & Mite Control Concentrate.
To get rid of aphids organically, give your plant a good blast of water from your garden hose, they are sorta lazy and won't climb back up on your infected plant. Wait a few minutes, then put this home made tonic on them....
1 lemon or orange peel, coarsely chopped...(I use my blender to chop it up)
1 tablespoon baby shampoo
2 cups of water
Put these ingredients into a blender and blend on high for 15 seconds. Use a coffee filter to strain out the pulp, then pour the liquid into a hand held mist sprayer. Thoroughly spray all of the buds and young stems. You should repeat after 4 days to play it safe that you got them all the first time around...
Happy Gardening!
Deann
