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Lakes and Ponds need oxygen to be healthy. Aerators provide that oxygen. With proper aeration, you have a beautiful, healthy Eco-system without problems. Without aeration, your lakes and ponds can quickly turn on you becoming an unsightly, smelly mess incapable of...

High nutrient levels from fertilizer run-offs and lack of sufficient oxygen are the main causes. As excess nutrients enter the water system, excess algae begin to grow. As the algae grow they block out sunlight which causes aquatic plants to die. The dead plants...

Chemical Herbicides once touted as a savior are increasingly being discovered as causing more harm than good. Chemical herbicides are a major contaminates of our drinking water. Chemical herbicides are a major cause of soil sterilization. Chemical herbicide...

Weed /weed/ n: a plant that is not valued where it is growing and usually of rank growth; or any plant that grows where you do not want it to grow. Current thinking about problem weeds is to view them as indicators that something in the soil system is amiss....

Most Fungi/Bacteria are good and essential for healthy plant growth. One of the problems with chemical fungicides is that they kill the good guys as well as the bad. This practice creates a vacuum in the soils leaving your plants even more unprotected and thus...

Look at the whole picture. What part of the plant is being affected? Just the leaves? Branch dieback? What environmental stresses are at play? Poor Drainage? Too much overhead irrigation? For a disease to take hold, three components have to be in place: The Host...

We’ve listed some of our favorite publications to further organic education. If you would like the Green Guerrilla recommended book list, just call. 1. Soil Biology Primer – Primarily written by Dr. Elaine Ingham (The Soil Food Web). This is one of the best books...

Healthy crops and plantings is the key. Pest insects are viewed as indicators that the plantings are under stress. Stressed plants send out signals that pest insect’s hone in on. A healthy plant (measurable by its sugar content) will simply be less attractive to...

Wasps are natural predators of worms and caterpillars. They feed on them or parasitize them. Wasps, unless antagonized, will not bother humans, pets, or livestock. So, leave the friendly critters to control your pest naturally.

Plants and insects have been together for 500 million years. Each form of life has made accommodations for the other. Why are some plants attacked and others left alone? Do some plants invite attack? Can plants ‘signal’ their vulnerability to pest attack? Plants...