How does Willoway Farm deter or eliminate plant disease and plant pest?
Willoway Farm uses preventative measures to deter plant disease and plant pest. Most importantly we return nutrients and minerals to the earth with animal and plant byproducts. We aim for healthy soils to promote healthy plants and by doing so preventing disease and giving strength to plants to withstand pest that may encroach the garden. Willoway Farm does conduct soil tests every two years to understand what nutrients including trace minerals if any are low. Willoway Farm rotates crops and keeps detailed records to maintain the rotation. Plant residues of diseased plants are removed from the garden. If any product is used on the plants for pest problems it would be natural, biodegradable, and a non-broad spectrum product. For instance for flea beetles and Cabbage worms we have tried and used rye flour or Diatomaceous earth on the plants with these pest. Willoway Farm also uses remay, a cotton based physical barrier that not only keeps pest off the plants but can prevent early frost d
