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Organic pestdicide?

What is the best organic pesticide to use in my garden. I have several kinds of bugs causing damage. I have Grasshoppers eating my basil and cutter caterpillars eating my chives. Is their one kind of pest control for both?

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1. http://gardening.about.com/od/gardenproblems/a/OrganicPesticid.htm
2. MINE tooo sooo I used Water and Liquid dishwashing soap... Mix a small amount of soap w/a spray bottle of water ... spray the ground and the plant it will not hurt your plants or animals. Good Luck
3. Organic is the big question... Liquid soap is not organic. The only real organics would be other insects or some people suggest the use of cedar shavings.
4. Depends on the pest, the crop, the time of year. An easy lovely website (designed for Californians, but useful for others) is http://ipm.ucdavis.edu They have a lot of management techniques that are non or low toxic and pretty effective! One example is using Bt (Bacillus thuringensis) which is a bacteria in a spray that kills catepillars.... Here is the specific link for grasshoppers... http://ipm.ucdavis.edu/PMG/PESTNOTES/pn74103.html <-- grasshoppers Also, you can check out all these fun pests that you may have, by looking at the general pest page http://ipm.ucdavis.edu/PMG/menu.invertebrate.html I'd recommend making sure you know what is eating your plants, like slugs and snails are pretty common pests that eat both of those. Good luck!