So glad you are back at home. Evelyn!
Brenda, I understand your issues with the line, and other plants.
I've been using copper for some time now, and find it very useful for many diseases. And it has less of a negative footprint than other compounds have.
I don't really like to use stuff either, despite what some folks think about me. But there are times when you have no choice.
I have had, in the last 6 years, some horrendous infestations of bad insects, and had to spray for them. I'm talking huge numbers that we're trying to defoliate my plants. I don't have the income to replace plants. And I'm not talking about a chewed leaf or two.
I don't do this lightly. I try many other methods before I resort to spraying anything in my garden. I've been handpicking cats, stink bugs and grasshoppers for weeks now. I will be doing some spraying this morning, but I will be using pyrethrum, which is natural made from a certain type of chrysanthemum. I am only targeting the foliage of certain plants that I hope to enter in the fair next week.
