Hi Artl,

Personally I've never used Jerry Baker's recipes but I can tell you that he generally gets a bad rap here at the forums. If you do a gardenweb search you'll find opinions from others here on his methods. The search box is at the bottom of every forum page. Or you can cut and paste this link.

http://search.gardenweb.com/search/nph-ind.cgi?term=Jerry+baker&forum=&forum_name=Tips+%26+Techniques

I would suggest that you stroll over to the "vegetable gardening" forum and post your query there. You'll find lots of knowledgable folks over there and most are more than happy to share their opinions/methods with you. The hyperlink is below.

May I also suggest that you include more detail with your question. Trust me, people here seem to enjoy lengthy post. The more information the better. What are you growing and where do you live? Knowing your climate helps. Also insect problems vary from one part of the country to the next.

Organic and non-organic growers are probably about 50/50 there. Each will swear by their methods. Personally I'm mostly organic but I'm retired and my vegetable garden is my livlihood.

I've been gardening off and on for a number of years and I've been a regular at gardenweb for the last 6 yrs, particularly vegetable gardening. I learned more in the 1st 2 years here than I learned in 20 years of reading books.

So welcome and come on over and join all the "food junkies." I'll be looking for you over there.

Happy gardning!

Here is a link that might be useful: Vegetable gardening