Common Garden Pests And How To Identify, Control And Eliminate Them Naturally

Common garden pests:

Preparing, caring and reaping the harvest of your vegetable garden is one of life's simple pleasures.

Garden pests are nothing more than annoying pests that damage garden plants, herbs, and flowers .

There are literally hundreds of pests that can find their way into your garden.

If you don’t have to worry about common garden pests you’ll get far more enjoyment from the time spent gardening.

To maintain a healthy garden you first need to identify the bad bugs. How do you do this? Start by inspecting your plants on a regular basis so that you can catch a problem early on. Inspect the flowers, stems and underside of leaves using a microscope for easily idenfication.

Below are a few garden enemies that you may encounter and ways to control and eliminate them.

If you use harsh chemical on your plants, you should know it is not good for people, pets or the environment.

You have other option to dangerous chemicals. What is it you ask? Invite and encourage natural predators into your garden.

Once they call your garden home, they will begin to feed on garden pests that destroy plants and crops.

• Toads and frogs have always found gardens a nice place to call home. If you simply add a water feature, pond or birdbath at ground level, these natural predators will call your garden home.

• Just about everyone has witnessed a Lady Bug on a plant branch or leaf. What you may not know is that ladybugs have a huge appetite for aphids. Aphids are soft-bodied insects that eat new growth and other plant parts. Live Ladybugs can be purchased at feed and seed stores and garden nurseries.

• Ground beetles are another effective way of eliminating common garden pests. Slugs, snails and cutworms are a favorite diet of these beetles. During daylight hours they can be found resting under stones, rocks, and leaf piles.

Attracting them into your garden is not hard.

Adding a few stones or rocks throughout your gardening area should do the trick. Once you’ve added the stones to your yard do not move them. If you do you’ll encourage the beetles to seek a new home elsewhere.

Blue jays, Cardinals and other birds are effective at keeping plants free of common garden pests. They will eat caterpillars, slugs, lawn grubs and aphids in record numbers.

Adding a birdhouse, bird feeder and birdbath is a proven way to get birds into your yard. The more birds you have visiting your yard the more insects are eaten. Birds are also a great source of entertainment.

Getting these natural predators to call your garden home is easily accomplished. There are a few basic steps to keep in mind. Step one is to keep a source of water available.

Water attracts beetles, frogs, toads, birds, and other natural predators.

With a little research you can learn the lifestyle of many beneficial insects. Once you understand how they live, add those features to your garden and watch them migrate to those areas.

These are a few ways to get rid of common garden pests from your plants and garden. Good luck.

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