What was one of your biggest successes?
In 2013, I was growing a bush variety of tomatoes, an orange tomato. But the leaves started disappearing. I didn’t know what was happening. When I started looking really closely, I saw green hornworms. Two or three of these caterpillars had decimated the plants.
I learned that planting sweet alyssum or “carpet of snow” would attract parasitoid wasps. If you look up green hornworm and parasitoid wasp, you will see pictures of the
Kwesi Joseph’s passion for soil health started while trying to fix his backyard garden. He turned to a local community garden for help. That’s where he learned about natural farming. …read more
Source:: Science Explores
