Vegetables Gardening - Growing Organic Vegetables

When I listed the DE comment to start this all off, I ha did allot of research before mentioning it. We had discussed this on another site, ediblecontainergarden. I did a test with Japanese beetles, putting them into a container, with some dust. After 4 days, they all died. Now I don't know if this is really an example of dusting in the garden, but it does detour Japanese beetles (the only organic control I could find), and after doing more research, found that humans were taking it also. This did surprise me, but the more I read about it, the more interesting it became to me. You couldn't get anymore organic then this. So I purchased some and used it. I am happy with it, both on the garden and internally. It doesn't hurt worms, I have tried it myself. I had a bin of worms, for composting kitchen waste, and I sprinkled about a cup throughout the material. The worms were not bothered at all, and are still living to this day. We discovered its uses in the other group,,,just thought this one could use the heads up...Linda B

----- Original Message -----
From: David L Crawford
To: MittleiderMethodGardening@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 2010 3:12 PM
Subject: Re: [MittleiderMethodGardening] LIME GREEN CATERPILLAR

Please note that the URL for wolfcreek is a "NET" not "COM" - http://www.wolfcreekranch.net/

I've been using the DE for several years to control the ants in the greenhouse. There was a time when I couldn't do anything anywhere without disturbing a colony of little black ants. Not they are rare - and quickly controlled. Also no more aphids on the - anything - using the duster - big yellow tube with a crank to send it under the leaves. Don't know about the worms - I'll send them an email and ask.
David
----- Original Message -----
From: Erich Ahlers
To: MittleiderMethodGardening@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2010 10:07 AM
Subject: Re: [MittleiderMethodGardening] LIME GREEN CATERPILLAR

I have read in many locations that Diatomaceous Earth does NOT harm earthworms.
I would like to see a source that says it does if you have that reference
please, because I may need to back down on my use of the stuff.

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held or one with a shoulder strap. Go to Johnny's Seeds or I found another
website at www.wolcreekranch.com which talks about Diatamaceous earth and they
also have dusters and sell the earth, but more expensive than your feed store.
wouldn't hurt to try theirs. I believe they say it is more white than some

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