Time to get out the neem oil! "spot" the bug, beware!

I took some shots of the garden over the past week.  If you follow me on twitter, then you know that I celebrated my first little squash. (here)

Here’s another growing:

And here is a seemingly cute little bug that will DEVOUR said squash lovelies! ACCKK! What do I do?

(btw, here’s a list of plants he likes for lunch:  melons, squash, pumpkin, corn, beets, cucurbits (cucumbers), tomatoes, eggplant, potatoes, and even some fruit trees.  His stripped cousin likes flowers too!)

Before reaching for the pesticide bad bad bug spray, try a little neem oil. It’s safer, organic and does the job! Here are a few more facts about neem from wikipedia:

Neem Oil is not known to be harmful to mammals, birds or some beneficial insects such as earthworms, butterflies, honeybees and ladybugs. It can be used as a household pesticide for ant, bedbug, cockroach, housefly, sand fly, snail, termite and mosquitoes both as repellent and larvicide (Puri 1999). Neem oil also controls black spot, powdery mildew, anthracnose and rust (fungus).

Here is another article from Natural News that has more interesting information about Neem.

Where can you find it? Here’s a few places, Planet natural or Monterey Lawn & Garden

Happy Washing!

~Regina