Beaverdam Creek Farm

I've been having problems with Flea Beetles and Colorado Potato Beetles eating my potato plants. I tried dusting the plants with powdered lime and spraying them with a noxious concoction of garlic and red pepper, neither of which solved the problem. Today Jacob fenced a couple of chickens in the potato patch to see if they would eat the bothersome bugs. Hopefully, this measure will get rid of the pests, and I won't have to use chemical pesticides.

~Tricia Ann