Grasshopper Distraction

Went to the farm to water and weed the orchard and noticed that the grasshoppers prefer nibbling on sunflower leaves and have left our tree leaves alone...so far. Last year we lost a large portion of our newly planted trees to the grasshoppers. I keep forgetting to bring down my cilantro seeds as I hear grasshoppers hate cilantro. Now I’ve got a new plan of action. Plant cilantro around the trees and sunflowers as a border. Hopefully this works until we can move out to the farm and get some guinea hens out there!

Great idea! I've got a few grasshoppers, but not enough to notice where they're nibbling. But I may plant something similar around my baby trees this summer. :)