Feverfew is organic 'star'
Published Date:
19 September 2008
By Submitted Copy
MANY people love their plants and gardens so much that they are continually preening their beloved displays – and rightly so!
However, I question the over-use of pesticides and fungicides in their quest for perfection.
Personally, I have found that the wild plant ‘Feverfew’ (Tanacerum Parthenium) actually acts as a deterrent to pests such as greenfly, white-fly and blackfly.
By putting the little daisy-like flowers in between your ‘treasured’ plants it really does help to keep the offending and greedy aphis at bay and protects those precious and delicate flowers.
Another problem we get are slugs and snails, especially in wet weather. Beer actually attracts these hungry creatures away from their initial targets.
We should all be looking at alternative and natural means of combating the problems that face us all.
GEOFF EVANS
East Avenue, Stanfree.
The full article contains 142 words and appears in Worksop Guardian newspaper.
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Last Updated:
12 September 2008 6:26 PM
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Source:
Worksop Guardian
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Location:
Worksop
