Garden Pest Control
Garden pest control is one of the most important aspects to garden care. A number of common pests must be dealt with on an annual basis. The insect variety of these pests can include aphids, ants, slugs, earwigs, mites, mosquitoes, hornworms, and more. The animal variety of these pests can include mice, moles, squirrels, and snakes. Enjoying the sanctuary of your garden and all that it has to offer including wind chimes, fountains, and bird houses requires the practice of controlling the garden pests that invade from time to time.
Fortunately, garden pest control is readily available in a variety of options from chemical to organic. Finding the right solution to your pest problems involves identifying the problem clearly. The method of prevention depends upon the source of the problem. What works to rid the yard or garden of one pest might not work on another. Organic garden pest control offers a safe, non-toxic alternative to pest maintenance or prevention. Organic methods are also referred to as natural methods. The more common types of pest prevention or control involve chemical means. These strategies often involve materials that can be toxic to small children and pets. Therefore, caution should be exercised when they are used. They’re long, and slimy and gross as the kids would say. They’re slugs, one of the most common and hardest to discourage of garden pests. Slugs are basically a snail without their mobile home, the shell. Their body is structured the same, and they both belong to the mollusk phylum, ...Read Full Article... Keeping those nasty slugs away from your garden plants can be an annoying task. Slugs can do tremendous damage to a garden because they enjoy feeding on vegetables. They are also known to multiply very rapidly in a garden atmosphere during the spring, when you want them the least. Slugs ...Read Full Article... There’s nothing more annoying when Spring finally melts all that snow, than to find your lawn has been decorated with heaps of dirt shoved up by burrowing rodents. Guess what? You have a mole problem, and we’re going to give you some tips on the latest and favorite ways of dealing ...Read Full Article... There are many ways to protect your lawn, flowers, vegetables and trees against tiny predators—which are historically safe and efficient. The following article examines small garden pests and ways to rid them from your landscape. Aphids are small, soft-bodied threats to foliage; these pests suck your plant’s sap and cause ...Read Full Article... Neighbors look forward to my garden every year, not only to watch the floral show, but to see me run around screaming with my hands flailing in the air whenever I see a bee. On occasion I also let out shrills that are of horror-movie quality when I see a spider ...Read Full Article... Gardeners know that insects in the garden are a fact of life. Controlling pests is a big part of the gardener’s job. But, there is help to be found from an unlikely source, other insects. Gardeners have used beneficial insects for pest fighting for many years. Bringing certain predator and parasitic ...Read Full Article... Weeds are just another part of the natural world. But they can be a menace to the vegetable gardener. There are many ways to control weeds ranging from chemical applications to natural means. Here are five natural weed control methods to apply to your vegetable gardening.
One of the most popular organic pest sprays, is that made from pyrethrin, the product of Tanacetum cinerarifolium, the pyrethrum daisy flower. If you grow these in your garden, you have the makings of your own natural pesticide. Gather flowers that are in full bloom, with the petals all reaching out ...Read Full Article... |
