Home gardening can be enjoyable just as long as you do not have to deal with destructive garden pests. If you use toxic chemical on your plants and gardening vegetables, it is harmful to the environment, not to mention the dangers of taking in foods with these chemical residues.
The good news is there are many worthwhile insects and other critters that can be attracted to your landscape and encouraged to live within your garden. Once there, they feed on and control various destructive garden pests that damage and destroy favorite plants.
Toads and frogs are useful allies that can easily be attracted to your garden. By adding some life essentials like water from a garden pond or a birdbath placed at ground level, you will attract these helpful animals to rid your garden of unwanted pests. These guys are especially good at keeping gardening pests under control no matter where they are.
The ladybug is efficient at controlling insects within your garden including aphids, mites, white fly and other soft-bodied insects. You can buy them at many gardening centers and just release them where problem insects exist and let them work their magic. In addition, it also enjoys eating on un-hatched eggs that in turn stops future generations of insects before they begin. Having scented geraniums or dandelions around your garden helps draw these good insects to your garden.
Ground beetles are another natural and efficient way to expel destructive pests. Snails, cutworms, and slugs are a favorite food this beetle feeds on throughout the night. In daytime hours they can be found hiding beneath leafs, stones and debris. Ground beetles occasionally include caterpillars and moths in their diets as well. Having stones, big rocks and other concrete pieces around your property will encourage these friendly beetles to call your place home.
Birds are yet another natural enemy of garden insects. They eat moths, caterpillars, aphids, and grubs often before they find their way onto your plants and vegetables.
Green lacewings will eat dozens of aphids a day. Other smaller pests make up the diet of lacewing as well. You can attract bees to your garden by including nectar and pollen type flowers throughout your landscape. A consistent source of water will attract and keep favorable bugs around your home for years.
Getting these predators in and around your garden in not that difficult. A little research and planning will attract these predators into your garden and keep the unwanted pests from getting out of control. They all do an excellent job, and they do not harm the environment or humans in anyway.
Author Resource:-
Steve Habib is a recognized authority on the subject of growing and caring for a variety of plants. His site NATURAL PEST CONTROL: offers a wealth of information about natural pest control and how to keep your plants healthy and growing all year round.
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