We want to keep our organic garden's free from harmful pests that can damage our plants such as cutworms and beetles and more. There are many natural everyday ingredients that we can use to keep our plants free from pests without using harmful toxic ingredients that not only seep into our vegetables and plants but harm the environment as well.
Good Bugs Vs Bad Bugs
Organic Gardening Pest Control can be utilized by bringing good bugs to your garden. Good bugs are beneficial to your garden and can help control infestation of bad bugs, which can destroy your garden and hard work.The Lady Bug is the most commonly known "good bug" for your garden. The lady bug feeds on aphids, chinch bugs, whiteflies, and mites, as well as many other soft-bodied insects and their eggs.
Cryptolaemus Beetles resembles the Ladybug but is darker in color. After the adults are released into the garden they will immediately seek out mealy bugs and consume them.
Wasps and bees are also important to our organic gardens.
You can actually purchase "good bugs" to help keep your control pests in your garden.
Using Plants To Attract The Good Bugs
Have you wondered why Marigolds are suggested keep the bugs out of your organic garden?Because some plants attract the good bugs, who eat the bad bugs! These are some suggestions of plants to attract the good bugs to use as organic gardening pest control.
* Alyssum
* Butterfly weed
* Caraway
* Clover
* Coriander
* Dill
* Fennel
* Marigolds
* Nasturtiums
* Wild carrot
* Yarrow
Organic Gardening Pest Control From Your Kitchen
You can also easily make a mixture of ingredients that you already have in your home to rid your organic garden of unwanted pests.Crush garlic, peppers, cayenne pepper mix with 1 gallon of water, shake well and spray on the effected plants. Vegetable Oil and Tea work great as well.
Egg shells will help keep the slugs out.
Dishwashing soaps natural garden pesticides - mix some drops of dishwashing liquid soap into the water and mix it well by shaking well and then you need to apply on the effected plants.
If you need something stronger but still organic check out
Everything You Need To Know About Organic Gardening
Organic Food Gardening Beginner's Manual
Finally, here is your opportunity to learn the secrets of healthy organic gardening. A downloadable book jammed packed from cover to cover with all the newest organic gardening tips and a step by step process that will have your organic garden thriving in no time without the pests.
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Odor Free Compost Pail
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How To Get Rid Of Slugs
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I planted my lettuce this year and it grew wonderfully, until I picked them and there were slugs insides. So I had to find a tried and true way to get rid of slugs in my garden naturally, without using harm chemicals and pesticides. Slugs are those...
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- pistachio pistachio Sep 14, 2009 @ 1:46 pm
- Enjoyed your lens..but folks should think twice about releasing ladybugs. Atlanta is now swarming with 'em because they became popular for eating aphids.
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- Vacation-In-My-Head Vacation-In-My-Head Jun 27, 2009 @ 3:37 pm
- These are some great tips! Thank you!
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- spirituality spirituality May 11, 2009 @ 1:59 am
- Great start. to make it better you can ask for feedback at the squidu forum http://www.squidu.com/ , where you can also make friends and find interesting lenses. It's a community here and we'd like you to be part of it.
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