Your Garden’s Uninvited Guests: How to Get Rid of Pests

Pests are every gardener’s worst night mare. There hasn’t been a day that I don’t read, see or hear a gardening question that relates to pests. Gardeners of the world, what can we do about it? First let’s see what pests are. Basically, pests are all those easily visible and microscopic creatures that plan to eat your veggies before you have a chance to do so. They can be usually stopped and removed by using simple natural solutions. Follow these easy steps to get rid of pests – your uninvited guests. Hmmm, catchy lyrics. I might even write a song about pests one day.

Your Garden’s Uninvited Guests: How to Get Rid of Pests

Which are the Peskiest Garden Pests

When you’re talking about pest control it’s an advantage to know who you are fighting against. Some pests are easy to see while some work underground or at night, so you won’t be able to notice they’re there until they do the damage. The most frequent visible pests in my garden are slugs, snails, earwigs, aphids and grubs.

Keep Those Lively Garden Intruders under Control

There are several ways for putting pests under control. I’ll say a few words about physical and natural pest control. Physical pest control starts with planting vegetables and herbs that are least likely to be seriously threatened by pests. This includes problem-free vegetables such as carrots, artichokes, cucumbers, onions, peas, radishes, and almost all the herbs. Another physical control method is known as do-it-yourself. It’s not a big deal to pick a couple of aphids off your broccoli, but if your plant is completely covered with aphids, then you need a different approach.

Natural control of pests relies on organic ways of controlling pests in your garden. It means that you can count on harmless insects to destroy the harmful ones. You know…something like a fight between good guys and bad guys. Now, keep in mind that helpful creatures like ladybugs, lacewing flies, praying mantises, and aphis lions feed on bugs, but they don’t feed on all bugs. Therefore, don’t expect from your little friends to control all the pests that disturb your plants.

My opinion is that prevention is better than cure. In short, try to avoid the conditions that promote plant diseases by making the right, timely gardening decisions. And make sure you check out my other posts like how tobeat the heat with garden watering for more info on pests and other tricky gardening topics.

Be sure to let me know how you deal with garden pests! Happy gardening!