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Roll up sleeves and pluck Growing up on a farm in southeastern North Carolina certainly taught me to deal effectively with pests and weeds in the garden. My dad, Mr. Walter Lee Hill, was one of the finest farmers in the area. He took as much pride in the garden as he did the other crops. He had a surefire cure for pests and weeds in the garden, which I still use today. We had to get in there and grub with our hands. Dad didn’t believe much in using chemicals such as dusting unless absolutely necessary. At the first sight of any pest or the tiniest weed, we had to be right there to pluck them. They never took over our garden because Dad kept us in there almost daily purging them. As I said, this method still works for me today. I keep the pests and weeds out of my garden by rolling up my sleeves and plucking away on an almost daily basis. Wanda Hill Simmons |
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