A conventional farmer asks what do I need to kill today, regenerative organic farmers celebrate the life developing on their farm and wonders at the magnificence and abundance of nature.

Manage fleas - The larvae of fleas live in the soil, and can be reduced with insect eating nematodes (microscopic roundworms) especially Sc (Steirnernema carpocapse) and fungus that eats insects such as B. bassiana in Mycotrol. Drench into your lawn and areas where your pet hangs out in your garden.

Ant Management - once you find an ant colony you can disrupt it with a digging fork and drench with a mixture of soap and oil or Auntie Fuego mix of: molasses, compost extract or worm leachage, orange oil, and humic acid. then you can bait with borate bait www.rinconvitova.com/ant_bait_ant...

Ant Management - set out solo cups of sugar water (or Pringles potato chips for fire ants) around the area you are scouting and return later or next day and observe the trails. Ants forage randomly but return to their colony in a straight line. Follow several trails to where converge at the colony.

Ants manage aphids like we manage dairy cattle, they put them on your plants and protect them from predators and parasites.
To get control of honeydew producing pests, you have to manage ants to a low level.
Baiting with a boric acid syrup is a low risk strategy
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Do you have any parasite issues with your sheep on pasture? Any bird mites on your chickens? We have some biological solutions...
We have a flock of black runner ducks that graze our food forest on our acre of land in the middle of the Ventura oil field that are very healthy. So amusing.

Sierra Club California Agriculture committee has been exploring Agri-Voltaics - what are the considerations for promoting and approving of these projects?
Many plants do better with 30% shade and so solar overhead will improve yield.
Just need to raise the panels and armor the electric connnections

You can put off worrying about the toxins used destroying the immune system of your kids until later, its a good trade-off.

Mix up some sugar, water, boric acid and a little honey - put in some bait stations and the worker girls will carry the bait to their queen - toxin builds in the queen and the colony collapses. No need for hazardous materials. Recipe at bottom of page.
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We have a flock of black runner ducks that graze in our food forest, and provide us with eggs, and a lot of amusement. Their food includes our dead insect "waste" and minced squash from our ladybug culture. Consider Muscovy ducks if you live in a city, they don't quack and are very personable.

Three Pronged Approach to Fly Control - a complete organic fly control program
1. Reduce fly breeding sites.
2. Reduce the number of adult flies with fly traps and Organic, Fungal Fly Spray
3. Release fly parasites.
Tiny parasitic wasps take out the pupa stage of fly, but don’t bite, sting or swarm.

Announcing Scale Control Trio:
Aphytis melinus – The Tiny but Mighty Scale Parasite
Lindorus lopanthae – The Scale-Eating Ladybug
AntPro Bait Dispenser – Breaking the Ant-Scale Partnership
* Natural & Sustainable
* Works Together
* Safe for Crops & Pollinators
* Proven Results