I recently wrote about organic orcharding in Essex, a post that that introduced several ways to grow healthy, productive fruit trees without exposing your family, pets, and plants to noxious, often toxic herbicides and pesticides. [pullquote]Tanglefoot has proven to be a reliable non-toxic pest inhibitor in our holistic fruit tree orchard.[/pullquote]Tanglefoot has proven to be a reliable non-toxic pest inhibitor in our quest to cultivate holistic fruit tree orchard, and despite its sticky installation, I recommend it.

A Gooey Safeguard

The photograph above shows the first step of Tanglefoot installation, wrapping the trunk with corrugated paper. The second photo (below) is a close up the corrugated paper once the the sticky goo is lathered on.

Yes, installing Tanglefoot is an admittedly messy process, but it works well to prevent noisome critters from climbing up the fruit tree trunks. If you’re interested in learning how to use Tanglefoot (and why fruit trees need it) you can read the full blog post at rosslynredux.com.