Gardening Notes

Organic Pyrethrin

Drip irrigation:  Fedco.  Anchor every 6-7 feet.  Remove at end of season.

Recommended (drought-resistant?) plants:
Background shrub:  Center Glow 9-Bark
Petrennia – Golden Valerian
Stokes aster
Meadow Rue
Variegated Sedum
Frosted Elegance Phlox

Good website for companion planting: Cornell extension

Apply sifted diatomaceous earth after it rains (yeah, right)

Scab-resistant potatoes: Butte Red New Orleans Natasha

Vocabulary
monoecious
parthenocarpic (fruit without fertilization)

Septoria leaf spot (tomato disease)

Pyganic: pyrethrin-based insecticide derived from chrysanthemums

Surround, Serenade: Chemical-free disease control

Neem oil and spinosad – either can be used to control thrips

Yellow leaves: correct with Miracle Gro

Apply biofungicides before mildew; add nutrition

Copper sulfate or hydroxide

pmr = powdery mildew resistant