Organic Gardening
Friends in Your Organic Garden:
Earthworms, Compost, Mulch, Birds and Bats, Bees and Wasps
Asparagus
Pests: aphids, asparagus
beetle, cucumber beetle,
garden centipede, gopher,
Japanese beetle, mite,
slug, snail
Diseases: Asparagus rust
and fusarium wilt
Allies: basil, goldenrod,
nasturtium, parsley, pot
marigold, tomato
Broccoli
Pests: aphids,cabbage
butterfly, cabbage
looper, cabbage
maggot, cutworm,
diamondback moth, flea
beetle, harlequin bug,
mite, root fly, slug,
weevil, whitefly
Diseases: alternaria
leaf spot, black leg,
black rot, clubroot,
damping off, downy
mildew, leaf spot,
rhizoctonia, yellows
Allies: candytuft,   
nasturtium, shephard's
purse, tomato,
wormseed mustard
Cabbage
Pests: aphids,cabbage
butterfly, cabbage
looper, cabbage
maggot, cabbage worm,
cutworm, diamondback
moth, flea beetle, green
worm, harlequin bug,
leaf miner, mite, root fly,
slug, stinkbug, weevil
Diseases:  black leg,
black rot, clubroot,
damping off, fusarium
wilt, leaf spot,
rhizoctonia, yellows
Allies: candytuft,  clover,
nasturtium, shephard's
purse,  wormseed
mustard
Carrot
Pests: carrot rustfly, carrot
weevil, cutworm, flea
beetle, leaf hopper,
nematode, slug, snail,
weevil, wireworm
Diseases: alternaria leaf
spot, cercospora, damping
off,  leaf blight, soft rot,
yellows
Allies: onion family
Cauliflower
Pests: aphids,cabbage
butterfly, cabbage looper,
cabbage maggot,
cabbage worm, cutworm,
diamondback moth,  
harlequin bug,  mite, root
fly, root fly, root maggot,
slug, snail, striped flea
beetle, weevil
Diseases:  black leg,
black rot, clubroot,
damping off, downy
mildew, leaf spot,
rhizoctonia, seed rot,
yellows
Allies: candytuft,  corn
spurry, lamb's quarters,
shephard's purse, tomato
wormseed mustard
PLANNING
a location with sunlight most of the day
good drainage
feed the soil, not the plants
import earthworms
use peat humus, compost, and composted manure
avoid soil compaction
sow cover crops
used raised bed if possible
rotate crops
intercrop
buy disease free seeds or plants
PREVENTION
avoid deep planting
water from below
water before noon
avoid high-nitrogen
fertilizer
mulch in spring and fall
control weeds
remove rotting and dead
plants, leaves
move away wood and
garden debris
Cucumber
Pests: aphid, cucumber beetle, cutworm, flea beetle,
garden centipede, mite, pickleworm, rootknot
nematode, slug, snail, squash bug, squash vine borer
Diseases: alternaria leaf spot, anthracnose, bacterial
wilt, belly rot, cottony leak, cucumber wilt, downy
mildew, leaf spot, mosaic, powdery mildew, scab
Allies: broccoli, corn
Eggplant
Pests: aphid, colorado
potato beetle, cucumber
beetle, cutworm, flea
beetle, harlequin bug, lace
bug, leafhopper, mite,
nematode, tomato
hornworm, whitefly
Diseases: anthracnose,
bacterial wilt,botrytis fruit
rot, phomopsis blight,
tobacco mosaic,
verticillium wilt
Allies: none
10 Ways to Go Organic in Your Garden
1. Getting Started - Improve your soil, let plants and mulch crowd out the weeds, practice good garden
sanitation and grow a diversity of plants.
2. Mulch - to reduce weeds, save water and nourish the soil.
3. Choose the Right Plants - Pick hardy varieties that can stand up to disease, pests and dry weather.   
Choose many types of plants because too many of the same kind makes your garden vulnerable to
disease and pests.
4. Don't Panic at the First Sign of Pests - If the damage is only minor, there's no need to act.  Sometimes
natural predators or a weather change will fix the problem for you.
5. Skip the Pesticides - Broad spectrum and non-selective pesticides will kill just about any critter they
come in contact with, this includes the good ones.
6. Let Good Critters Get Rid of the Bad - Birds, Ladybugs, Spiders, Dragonflies, Damselflies, Wasps,
Praying Mantis and Worms eat harmful insects.  Snakes, Cats and Dogs will help rid your garden of
rodents and nocturnal pests like raccoons.
7. Accept that Weeds Happen
8. Use Natural Fertilizers - Synthetic fertilizers kill the soil microorganisms that help fight disease and
pests.  No product on the shelf is as good and as cheap as fertilizer you can make yourself with yard waste
and kitchen scraps.
9. Use Water Wisely - Save water by knowing how and when to water your plants.
10. Go Native - Pick plants that are adapted to your climate and soil.  Native plants resist disease and pests
and won't need much help to thrive.
Tomato
Pests: aphid, beet
leafhopper, cabbage
looper, Colorado
potato beetle, corn
borer, corn earworm,
cucumber beetle,
cutworm, flea beetle,
fruit worm,garden
centipede, gopher,
Japanese beetle. lace
bug, leaf-footed bug,
mite,  nematode, slug,
snail, stinkbug,
stinkbug, thrips,
tobacco budworm,
tomato hornworm,
whitefly
Diseases: alternaria,
anthracnose, bacterial
canker, bacterial spot,
bacterial wilt, botrytis
fruit rot, curly top,
damping off, early
blight, fusarium wilt,
late blight, nematode,
psyllid yellows,
septoria leaf spot, soft
rot, southern blight,
spotted wilt, sunscald,
tobacco mosaic,
verticillium wilt
Allies: cabbage
How To Maintain A Healthy Lawn
1.  Mow the yard high, about 3", to allow the roots to grow, make the most of
rainfall, and keep it from burning.
2.  Leave the clippings on the lawn, this puts nutrients back in the soil.
3.  Conserve water with proper irrigation.