Gardening without using pesticides

April 25, 2008 in Gardening |

Many individuals don?t want to get involved with organic gardening because they believe that this will be too much extensive work. What if an individual?s garden gets unwelcomed and unwanted pests? How can they treat this naturally considering that they can?t use any type of pesticides to help kill off these individuals? In actuality, there are lots of ways to naturally get rid of these nuisances, but let?s keep in mind that not all insects are pests, and in matter of fact some of these can actually help you keep the number of pests within your garden moderated.

Tip number one: Try adding some garlic? Yes, we all know that garlic has the abilities to scare off even the fiercest vampires, but can it really be used to help get rid of pests within your garden? Well, actually it can. In matter of fact, it helps keep away several of insects and is a very powerful but yet natural repellant. Some other ways that an individual can use this substance to keep away unwanted insects is to simply crush garlic and dilute it with water so that it will form to be a liquid substance and spray the areas where the insects are at. What an individual could also do is to simply grow a garlic crop by this area as well to help keep the unwanted insects away.

Tip number two: Make sure to add plants to your garden that has a very strong and powerful smell. We discussed garlic because it has an extremely powerful odor, but there are also other vegetables that gives off a powerful scent as well like for an onion for example. This vegetable along with other vegetables with strong odors such as chives and scallions are good to keep away unwanted insects. What?s also is a good idea is for individuals to plant these types of crops within their garden so that they can keep out unwanted pests. Any plant that belongs to the allium family will be good for keeping out unwanted pests.

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Tip number three: try adding the dreadful praying mantis to your garden. These types of insects are very vicious ones, and have a good appetite for pests in your garden. They tend to eat grasshoppers, fruit flies, house flies, moths, aphids, and also crickets. However, they can in time become a pest themselves and also can eat insects in your garden that are actually beneficial to it. If you do decide to add some praying mantis to your garden, you can purchase cases of their eggs online. However, make sure to not try and add too many of these to your garden at one time.

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