We started gardening 3 years ago when my husband built me a garden box for Mother's day. Last year we expanded to a 600sq ft vegetable garden on the side of our house. Last summer we enjoyed all the tomatoes, cucumbers, onions, zucchini, squash, eggplant, watermelon, peppers and herbs we could stand!
Our first commitment to gardening was to only grow organic. The problem is the bugs! They love my delicious vegetables almost as much as I do, almost! There is nothing more frustrating than growing beautiful food and having it ravaged by bugs! In this regard I can see the appeal to pesticides, it's the poison part I can't get on board with! My answer is Garlic Fire Spray! This little recipe was shared with me by a local gardener and it worked great last year.
Garlic Fire Spray
Blend ingredients in blender, strain through cheese cloth and transfer to spray bottle. Spray about once a week.
- 2-3 garlic bulbs (about 6-10 cloves per bulb)
- 6 large or 12 small hot chilli peppers. If you don't have peppers use 2 tablespoons cayenne
- 1 tablespoon vegetable or oliveoil
- 2tsp dish soap
- 6-7 cups water
Bye bye bugs.... hello vegetables!
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