Garden Pest Control

Garden pest control using organic techniques is relatively easy. Here are a series of articles on different pests that you will find useful. Let me simply say that I ran my entire nursery for a lot of years using organic controls and if I could do it on that scale, then there’s no reason why small gardens need chemicals.



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One of my resident does at the apple tree

Why Plants Geet Sick

gardening pots You can't think of anything more boring than gardening pots but I can tell you a good pot makes the difference between a good garden and a great garden.

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Natural Ant Control

outdoor lighting Ants are nature's scavengers so we want them in our garden but not our houses - here's how to control them

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Cats in the Garden

garden mulch A few thoughts on controlling cats in the garden - and dogs too

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Groundhogs

landscape contracts This is the story of how I learned to control groundhogs in my garden

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Animals in the Garden

This is a summary article of some of the things people spray in the garden to control animals

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Slugs

Controlling slugs naturally and with environmentally safe products

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Whitefly

If small clouds of tiny white flies greet your arrival in the garden, it's time to act

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Spitbugs

See gobs of spit at the junction of leaves on your plants? You have the harmless spitbug. Wash them off with a jet of water.

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Rabbits

I confess I feel like Elmer Fudd in the spring when the rabbits munch down on my emerging perennial garden

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Squirrels

I don't have squirrels but if you do - here's how you can control them

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Controlling Deer

I don't have squirrels but I do have herds of deer that just love the dessert I set out for them (although I call it my garden).

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Wasp Control

There are environmental sprays and decoy nests you can use to control these stinging insects (who are actually quite effective predators eating the bad bugs in your garden)

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