Under Neglect 
Weeding 
By maintaining a loose surface (humus and sand 
mulch is easiest) all weeds can be pulled with 
great ease and, in fact, 
appear. 
fewer weeds seem to 
Insect Pests 
Keeping insects down by poison is efficient. But 
poison on plants kills and drives away many 
birds, kills honeybees, without which fruit would 
be unable to form. Birds, after all, keep down 
insects well enough to permit gardens. Some 
birds are great insect eaters, some eat none. 
Attract the insect-eaters (marked “@” in table 
below) by providing their favorite shrub foods. 
They live on insects and only eat the berries 
for dessert! 









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