In nature, any problem has a solution.
In monoculture gardens there is no balance, hence pests can be abundant.
We do our best to interplant.
In the last 3 years we are fortunate not to have any bugs that destroy our entire crop. Not that we had these situations in the previous 10 years we gardened in Pacific North West.
When we gardened in Russia, Colorado beetles were abundant and they would destroy your entire potato crop, if not controlled. Controlling them did not mean spraying with toxins. It meant picking larvae manually in the field before they destroy our potatoes. It also meant letting our chickens into the field to take care of the beetles.
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