Treating diseases and pests

The Russian Olive tree, as opposed to the native American silverberry, is considered a highly invasive species in some parts of the United States and Canada.

Septoria has often caused many a gardener to wail in desperation. What plants does it affect? Where is it hiding over winter?

Does your Sunpatiens look wilted? Does it seem like it’s rotting away?

The bug often called “cherry fruit fly” is a tiny fly that lays eggs on ripening cherries. It’s also called the “cherry maggot”. Generally, this happens end of May or beginning of June, and can last until July.

Caterpillars are butterfly larvae that come in many different shapes, colors and sizes, but the damage they do is always the same.

Fermented horsetail tea is an effective fungicide that helps avoid most fruit tree and vegetable patch diseases.

Aphids are fearsome insects that attack leaves and feed on plant sap. Leaves curl up and become sticky.

Septoria is a species of fungus that infects vegetables, trees and ornamental plants. In some cases damage is insignificant, in others there’s no hope.

Gall wasp is an insect that lays eggs in soft tissues in trees, flowers and other plants. As the larvae develop, a gall forms and

Silverberry is quite a resilient shrub, but there are cases when something as innocuous as a tiny sparrow will bring it down to its knees…

Also known simply as spot anthracnose, this disease infects strawberry trees. Symptoms are the presence of brown spots with a red or purple

Transplant shock is actually a combination of three factors. Upon moving the plant , it undergoes: a form of physical abuse it is reduced in size and it ends up in a new environment. It’s important to know that each of these factors contribute to transplant shock. Let’s take a look at how to lessen […]

Fermented tea is an effective and environment-friendly resource to fight most insects, pests and plant diseases.

Natural organic ant control is possible and effective. Here are a few tricks to fight against these tiny insects.

Photinia shrubs sometimes contract a disease called Photinia leaf spot or Photinia black spot. Leaves are dotted with black spots that slowly spread

Whether in the vegetable patch, around fruit trees or near rose trees,

This well-known oak tree parasite is a caterpillar that devours the leaves, until it gathers to form a nest that looks like a spider web.

Even though the number of fungal diseases called “rust” is very high, they almost always share the same symptom: brown-orange blisters

Red spider mite is a minuscule mite of the Tetranychidae family that attacks garden and indoor plants, both leaf plants and flower-bearing plants.

Roses are most certainly among the most beautiful flower-bearing shrubs, but they are also among the most vulnerable to diseases.

Black spot disease is diagnosed when black or brown spots appear on leaves. It impacts many trees, but doesn’t usually present any critical

Very small flies score the fruits with their ovipositor to deposit their eggs inside. These eggs will hatch inside the fruit, and the larvae will eat

In these days of sustainable development and environmental protection, supporting animal and insect life in your garden is a necessity.

Infecting most ornamental plants such as cypress, willow or fruit trees such as peach trees, apricot trees or cherry trees, canker is a fungal disease that

This fungus impacts the leaves of the tree and forms black spots on the topside. Black fruiting pods may appear on these leaves,

Peach leaf curl symptoms are waffled reddish leaves appearing on the peach tree. Preventive care is required to avoid it.

The Good Lord’s beetle is an incredible bug that feeds on aphids. It is the best of the gardener’s friends.

When leaves are covered with a blackish substance, similar to black soot that would have collected overnight, it is a sign of sooty mold.

Often called apple scab, this fungus is responsible for important damage to this fruit tree, but also to plum trees and pear trees.

Organic gardeners favor it above all others: fermented comfrey tea is one of the most effective organic fertilizers for gardens and vegetable plots.

Powdery mildew is a fungus that belongs to the Erysiphaceae family and frequently colonizes certain plants. This mold appears in the form of a light velvety white layer or white spots on leaves, which is what makes it immediately recognizable.

Tomato blight is one of the most devastating diseases because downy mildew spreads extremely quickly.

Tomato pinworms are native to South America, and appeared in France in 2009 in the Drôme area. Since then, they have invaded all of France and spread to other European countries as well.

Tomatoes are often infected with fungal diseases (related to mushrooms). A typical gardener’s first reaction is to blast the whole plant with chemicals.

Do you have a garden with fruit trees and you’d like to get a bit more organic? Preserving and protecting nature is getting more and more attractive, most of all for our own dear little children.

Weeding has always been the starting point of many questions: how can undesired growth be removed without polluting the Earth and our environment? Can we weed naturally and efficiently, without using noxious herbicides that would seep into our plants and our bodies? There are a great many ways today to succeed without using chemical products […]

A natural pest control solution, fermented rhubarb tea can be used during the entire rhubarb growth phase. It is also possible to keep using the fermented tea after maceration for

Appearing in eastern France in 2003, allium leaf-mining flies have continuously spread West and are today among the most devastating enemies of leek overall.

Thanks to fermented stinging nettle tea, create your own 100% organic fertilizer and parasite repellent! Discover fermented stinging nettle tea

Famous for being vineyard owners’ #1 enemy, downy mildew is a constant threat to grape harvests. This blight also threatens certain other vegetables from the vegetable patch such as tomatoes and potatoes, too.

Fashion blip or true eco-friendly solution for your plants and garden? Compost is without a doubt the answer to the trending quest for organic produce

Mealybugs are part of the scale insect family and are among the most common parasites on our indoor plants.

Garlic decoctions are an excellent solution to treat most diseases and fungus that impact plants, fruit trees and vegetables in the vegetable patch.

Prepare your own magic potions! Infusions, decoctions, fermented tea… take advantage of natural plant properties to easily prepare organic fertilizer and treatments at a very low price.

The sycamore lace bug can potentially devastate all plane trees. It is actually a stink bug that comes to “suck” the sap from the underside of leaves.

Making your own compost is a practice that helps the environment through recycling waste.

Erineum gall is a disease that is often encountered on trees, but the grape vine also falls victim and the distinctive gall growths appear on the leaves.

This little larvae, a kind of white worm, is also called “weevil”. It sets up its nest in root crowns of flowers, ornamental plants and vegetables.

You live the urban life in an apartment but would nonetheless love to make your own compost?

It protects the ground from weeds and enriches the soil with nitrogen and humus: green manure scores perfect on all counts!

Codling moth is often called “fruit worm”. It is actually a type of caterpillar that feeds on the fruit’s flesh.