Keep Your Garden Free Of Bad Bugs | Gardening

By TomJohnson
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All your hard work can be completely ruined in a few hours by the nasty pests that appear as soon as you've finished planting your garden. That's something no gardener needs or likes to see.

Naturally the best thing to do is not allow these unwanted insects into your garden in the first place. The problem is, if we turn to the many pesticides available we run the very real risk of harming the health of our children and pets.

At the same time, by killing the unwanted pests you also kill the friendly ones. You don't want to do that because you need all the help you can get in the fight against the bad bugs.

Insects like ladybugs and spiders are to be encouraged if you want to control the pests, so you certainly don't want to kill them before they can do their job. These friends of the gardener will assist you in keeping the bad bugs at bay by eating or discouraging them.

Take the time to contact your local plant nursery and find out what are the best plants to use to encourage the good bugs. By doing this you'll be allowing them to help you by eliminating the bad pests.

There are some plants with a scent that repels the bad bugs and others that they just don't like. If you want a healthy harvest of tomatoes, you can plant the herb borage among them or even marigolds, these will stop the pests from damaging your fruit.

Another thing to keep in mind is to keep your garden neat and tidy. The harmful pests are often attracted to piles of leaves, debris, grass cuttings and dense spots of weeds. Many of the bad pests can thrive in those areas, so weed your garden regularly and clean up any leaves and grass cuttings that find their way into your garden.

Using organic methods has the advantage of controlling the insect pests by simple means like using a hot pepper spray on your crops. This will repel most native animal pests as well as insects with it's hot spicy aroma.

If you're concerned about any taste left on your edible crops after using this spicy concoction, you don't have to worry. Just make sure you thoroughly wash them after harvest and you won't have any problem.

Every gardener wants to see their garden thrive after putting a lot of hours of hard work and dedication into it. No one wants to see that labor go down the drain by losing their plants to those annoying pests that seem to move into your garden as soon as you plant it out.

Do a little homework first around your local area and find out what are the best companion plants to keep the good guys around and what will annoy the bad pests, this will pay dividends.

About the Author

Ready to load your small garden with plants and perfume? Tom Johnson has a Free eBook for you titled Container Gardening Secrets.

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