Gardening: How Best to Deal With All Those Grasshoppers

Several folks asked me recently about how to deal with grasshoppers damaging their gardens. This is a tough one. Grasshoppers are one of the toughest pests to deal with in an organic program. People who raise chicken and guineas tell me they never have grasshopper problems. Free-range chickens and guineas, especially the latter, love to chase and eat grasshoppers. We have raised chickens and…