Site Map
The following is a hierarchical listing of all the pages in this site that can be reached
by following links here or from the home page and main menu bar and a break down of all
the sub pages of each category. If you get lost, click on Site Map in the main menu bar and
come back here.
We have worked hard to compile all this data and
research, a good portion of it is from our own work and experiments.
There is quite a bit here so take your time and browse.
Home: Golden Harvest Organics Home Page
Contact Us: This links to a
form you can fill out to send us and ask for information about our products, get a
shipping quote, our FAX, phone number, email address, mailing address etc.
Companion Planting: An
alphabetical list of companion plants from alfalfa to larkspur to yarrow. Every entry
tells how we can use them as companion plants in our landscapes. Many of the plants listed
have individual links to homemade recipes for insects, disease and critter control. There
are also links to additional information on:
Critter Trouble: Cats, dogs, deer, moles, rabbit, rats, mice, skunks, snakes and
squirrels...Oh my!!! We have some strange but usually effective ways to deter some of our
animal friends. A warning to you: some are last resorts! We also have a picture of our
number one mice and snake controller: the one and only Tig! By the way Tig is 18 years old
and as spirited as ever!
Disease:
We cover general plant and soil diseases along with some unconventional control and
prevention methods like: Apple Cider Vinegar Fungicide, Couch Grass Rhizome Tea, Hydrogen
Peroxide Treatments. There is a cross reference chart for the recipes and the problems
they may they help. Keep an open mind as many of these have worked for us. We don't
promise miracle cures. We just want to share ideas for you to try out. Some of the
diseases listed are: mildews, scab. blights, leaf spot, black spot etc.
Garden Tips:
This is broad category you won't want to miss. On the garden tip main page we have some
general tips and trivia along with phenology, home made rooting hormone, find your zone
map and chart and some silly stuff too. The garden tips page menu links to:
- Food Recipes
that use edible weeds, native plants, flowers, fruits, herbs and veggies. Not only are
these recipes bold, they are delicious! When we have time we hope to be adding some new
recipes. There are currently two recipe collections:
- Collection Number One
has: Daylily Bud Sauté, Rose Petal Soup, Mixed Weed and Flower Salad and 10 other great
recipes.
- Collection Number Two
has: Pinto Bean Fudge (no kidding), Sunchoke, Purslane and Radish Salad plus 8 more
recipes.
- Phenology:
This is the study of periodic biological
phenomena as in the time of flowering or migrating, and their relationship to climate and
each other.
- Seed and Plant Sellers:
Resource of organic,
heirloom, biodynamic, open pollinated, unusual, and rare seed companies. Phone numbers,
addresses, catalog prices and e-mail addresses.
- Rose RX: A
basic guide to rose problems and solutions.
- Seed Starting: Advice to get things growing
- The Natural Gardeners First
Aid Kit: Use herbs and other natural aids to help you.
- Information Charts
Insects:
The main insect page has an alphabetical menu that links to controls and
descriptions of common garden and some household insects. Some of the
insect names link to their own pages as we compile more information on them
for you. It also has links to
the following:
- Insect Treatments:
This is a page with general homemade sprays, dusts etc. The menu on this page is cross
referenced chart that lists insects targeted in the left column and the suggested
treatments for them in the right column. We have recipes like Garlic-Oil Spray,
Horseradish Pesticide, Yarrow Tea and much more.
- Organic Pesticide Treatment
Chart: This is a comprehensive cross referenced chart of botanical,
biological, mineral insecticides and pheromones that are considered to be organically
acceptable. The left column lists the insects, the second column shows peak infestation
times and the third column lists the host. The top row lists all the pesticide names from
Alcohol Spray Neem oil to Quassia.
Insects that have their own
individual page:
Links page: Here we have links to other sites in the following
categories: Here we have links to other sites in the following
categories:
Order Page: Secure
Online order form for all of our products. Each product listed has link to it from the
order form so you can go back to look at it. You can pay online via i-check,Visa
or Mastercard.
Pesticide News: The latest updates on environmental and pesticide
news. First in the list are links to the current issues listed on the home page. Second is
a collection of important past issues that we maintain for your reference.
Products:
Please take a look at our products as they make this web site possible. We use and highly
recommend everything that we carry or we would not sell it.
- 1600
X-Clude: Microencapsulated Natural Pyrethrum
- BT v.
Israelensis for Fungus Gnats:
Biological Larvicide: A strain of Bacillus thuringiensis v.
israelensis (BT's) that specifically controls the larva of fungus gnats and helps
break the reproductive cycle to get rid of them!
- Cloth
Moth Alert Trap: Protect your clothes and furnishings from costly moth
damage. Natural
pheromone trap attracts adult clothes moths.
-
Coco Peat:
Coconut fiber for seed starting, soil amendment, it can't be beat. Sustainable
resource coming from the coconut industry as a by product.
-
C-Spray-Seaweed Powder: Not a fertilizer but a
balanced nutritional tonic for your plants.
-
Castile
Peppermint Soap: This soap is so gentle it is ideal for horticultural
applications and everyday needs. The scents of peppermint and rosemary
helps to confuse insects.
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Diatomaceous
Earth
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Endo/Ectomycorrhizae
Root Inoculant: Mycorrhizae
are beneficial soil organisms that greatly aid plants in times of stress
like transplanting, hot, windy weather and dry winters.
Garden Dust:
A multi-purpose insecticide fungicide made from basic copper
sulfate, rotenone and other cube resins from the rotenone plant.
Gardener's Hand Repair Lotion:
A natural skin
conditioning lotion containing pure plant extracts. It will soothe, soften
and rejuvenate even the roughest, driest skin.
Garden
Syringe: 20 cc heavy duty plastic syringe and aluminum
hub needle for injecting Bacillus thuringiensis products, like Dipel
86 BTK, Diatomaceous Earth and
nematodes directly into borer holes in trees, squash vines, corn stalks,
shrubs, plants, cracks and crevices etc.
Garden
Tape: Heavy duty yet gentle green vinyl tape for general purpose
gardening needs. Lasts for years.
- Golden Harvest Natural Fertilizer: Our
original, totally organic, all purpose fertilizer. Made from yucca, seaweed, equisetum,
fish powder, ascorbic acid, yarrow.
- Heirloom Tomato Seeds: The plants these seeds come from were
organically grown during the 2000 growing season.
- HumAcid:
HumAcid can help you to get the best from your plants and soil when combined with
your foliar fertilizer applications or on it's own!
-
Insect Soap: Insect Soap is a
contact insecticide, miticide and fungicide for the control of soft bodied
insects, mites and the fungus- powdery mildew.
-
Ladybug
Lures: Attracts ladybugs and other
beneficial insects to yard and garden naturally!
-
Mosquito Dunks:
are a from of Bacillus thuringiensis v. israelensis in a solid form. As they
float in the water where you put them they slowly release the BT on the water
surface. The BT then gradually settles to the bottom where the mosquito larva
eat it and die.
- Orange
Guard: Eliminates & Repels Insect Pests- Ants,
Roaches, Palmettos, Fleas, Silverfish & Others. Works on manure flies
and gnats too!
- Pantry Bug Trap Kit: Attracts, captures adult flour moths like Indian Meal Moth,
Mediterranean flour moth, almond moth, raisin moth etc. A safe,
inexpensive, non-toxic trap using pheremone lures. Lasts for months!
- Pest
Pistol: a powder applicator for dusting cracks & crevices to
large areas and may be used in the garden and home.
- Rotenone/Pyrethrum
Spray: A formulation of the natural occurring botanical pesticides rotenone
and pyrethrum. This is a powerful organic pesticide and works extremely
well.
- Spider Trap with
Pheromone Lure: Catch and kill hobo, black widow, brown
recluse, sac spiders and more. Non-toxic control for household spiders.
Safe, easy to use. Last for 3 months
-
Supreme Neem:
One of the highest grade pure neem oils for
personal use available today. If you are looking for neem oil for uses
other than horticultural, Supreme Neem is the one for you. Horticultural
or agricultural neem oils are a different grade.
-
Revenge Liquid Bait Ant Killer:
A liquid boric acid and sugar
solution which is highly effective in eradicating sweet loving ants.
Site Search:
Search this whole site for the specific information you are seeking by subject keywords or
phrases.
Weed Wars:
Are they friend or foe? We try to help you decide and we have the following pages of weed
information, ID, controls and what they can tell us about the soil for you:
- The main weed page
is the ID Page which lists specific weeds, what they may reveal about our soil and links
to some excellent weed identification sites.
- Mulching Methods:
All sorts of mulches for weed control from plastic to newspapers to rock. Includes a link
to wood and rock conversion table to figure out how much mulch you need to cover an area.
- Sprays and Direct Controls:
How to flame weeds, treat using salt and vinegar, or boiling water. Soil solarization and
corn gluten for weed control.
- Unusual Controls:
How about a cashmere goat weed patrol? No? Then what about hemp, weeder geese or microbial
herbicides?
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