Cut down or remove weeds outside the garden
Mulch
Plan for crop rotation
Plan planting time to avoid peak insect infestations
Buy certified disease-free seed
Buy healthy transplants
Select resistant varieties
At planting time Companion plant
Give the vegetables proper spacing
Plant several different vegetables together across the bed
Plant at proper time to avoid peak insect infestation
Plant resistant varieties
Rotate crops
Use selective organic herbicides as weed killers
During growing season Clean up garden trash on a regular basis
Immediately destroy infected plants or plant parts
Weed regularly
Smokers, wash hands
Stay out of garden during wet weather
Use selective organic herbicides as weed killers
Water early in the morning
At or after the harvest Clean up garden trash
Clean up plant debris, dead fruit
Destroy infected plants or plant parts
Karen, thanks for all the advise about fall gardening. I can't believe it's already time to be thinking about putting the garden to bed. Only three more weeks until our frost date here in Nebraska. The summer really passed by fast. It was a very late spring so the garden time was really cut over a month shorter than usual. Have a great fall garden day.