Successful Garden on a Shoestring Budget

Step 6 What makes it all worthwhile

Final shot of what my garden looks like today. Other than a few problems with cutworms (hence my small number of corn plants), my garden has been much more productive and problem free compared to last year.

Comments

[WILL62]

Did you use the "CUTWORM" collars this year?

[jdonmoyer]

Yes, I tried them this year and they worked like a charm. Thanks again for the tip. Of course as is always the case with gardening, I have new problems to deal with this year ;)

[WILL62]

Have you ever tried "collars"? just a circle of cardboard...make a strip of card board long enough to circle the stem of your plant about 3/4" away from the stem all the way around staple it together and bury the bottom 1/2" in the soil make the whole collar about 3" tall....I save paper towel tubes and cut em up, this will keep those $%^#@ cutworms from destroying your plants, I used to have cutworms cuttin my tomatos but with collars no problem anymore, and the price is "RIGHT" 

[jdonmoyer]

Thanks for the tip.  I'll be sure to try them around my corn plants this year.