My FIrst Post

It's the 2nd of January, 2015 and I'm sitting home with a head cold and flu so I've decided to begin a blog. 
This blog is dedicated to solving problems in garden and small farm.
I'll address things like disease, pests, weeds, trimming, and irrigation issues. I'll discuss how they came about and how to fix them. 
In the state of California I hold an Agricultural Pest Control Adviser license a.k.a. PCA. 
I'll talk about pesticides too and how to control problems using them safely. There's a lot of controversy about pesticide use right now. I believe there should be a balance of use. Some things can be controlled by simple materials like soap or oil and other things will require an actual pesticide. Some plant diseases just can't be cured. 
I believe we live in a time when pesticides are safer than ever before. I also believe we may over use them especially in the residential setting. 

I'll end my first post today with a photo I took on the 140 freeway in Oregon on my way to

Basin Ag Services to give a presentation when I worked for Wolf Trax. It had snowed all morning and was so beautiful. I used my Ipad to take the photo with natural light no flash.