Garlic & Pepper Pest Spray

Here's a recipe for garlic and pepper spray from the Capital District Community Gardens website. http:/www.cdcg.org/pests.html

Protect your garden plants from cabbageworms, caterpillars, hornworms, aphids, flea beetles and other chewing/sucking insects by routinely using a natural spray that you can make at home. The spray must be applied regularly, especially after a rainfall. Brew up a batch as follows:

6 cloves of garlic
1 Tbsp dried hot pepper
1 minced onion
1 tsp pure soap (not detergent)
1 gallon hot water

Blend and let sit for 1 to 2 days. Strain and use as spray. Ground cayenne or red hot pepper can also be sprinkled on the leaves of plants (apply when leaves are slightly damp) to repel chewing insects or added to the planting hole with bone meal or fertilizers to keep squirrels, chipmunks, dogs and other mammals away from your gardens. Be sure to reapply after rain.