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Organic pest control is the method of choice for environmental conscience gardeners. If you have been gardening very long you’ve likely run into a garden pest or two.
Garden pests come in many shapes and sizes and can severely damage your plants if left unchecked. Chemicals to kill the insects can be bought at any gardening store.
However, if your use these treatments you should know they come with dangerous side effects. They are harmful to the environment, humans and wildlife.
There are NATURAL PEST CONTROL ALTERNATIVES to dangerous chemicals for the removal of harmful bugs.
The solution can be found with organic pest control. This method of pest control relies on beneficial insects and other animals to eliminate destructive garden pests.
The best part is you can encourage theses animals and insects to visit your garden relatively easy. Now lets take a look at four allies that will naturally remove pests from your garden.
Frogs and toads have a big appetite for bugs and other critters. They eat a variety of insects, flies and slugs found on many plants.
To attract these guys into your garden add a water fountain, water pond, or birdbath placed on the ground in shade. The adults will lay their eggs, hatch and grow into adults, and protect your plants from infestation.
Birds are fun to watch and effective at removing garden pests. Slugs, grubs, caterpillars and other insects are part of a bird’s daily diet.
Getting birds into your yard is pretty easy. Provide seeds, nesting boxes and a birdbath or two. Before long birds will flock onto your property and chow down on unwanted critters.
Ladybugs are a natural predator you want in your garden. One of there favorite foods is an aphid, which they eat a large volume of daily.
Ladybug attractant can be bought at plant nurseries and feed and seed stores. Stores also sell live ladybugs you can release into your garden for fast elimination of unwanted bugs. Not only are ladybugs effective at removing aphids they are fun to watch.
Ground beetles love to eat slugs, cutworms, and snails. They also climb into trees and eat tent caterpillars and gypsy moths. Mealtime for these beetles is during the night.
In daylight hours they lay asleep under rocks and leaf beds. By providing leaf piles, stones and other dark crevices beetles are encouraged to call your landscape home.
With a little planning and effort these organic pest control methods can end the use of dangerous chemicals. Not only will they control garden pests on your plants and in your garden, but they’ll also add interest and entertainment to your yard.
The Green Lacewing is a very effective insect that replaces the use of chemical sprays.
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