Residential gardening in America produces80 million pounds of pesticides每年。这些化学品渗透土壤和食物。他们对你的孩子和宠物来说也很危险。
You can protect your home garden from pests without using pesticides.
The methods of natural pest prevention are surprisingly easy and effective. Many of them are also more affordable than chemical pesticides. Win-win!
Are you ready to get rid of garden pests in an eco-friendly way? Keep reading for seven easy ways to protect your garden.
1. Move the Compost Far Away
许多害虫被分解植物和食物所吸引。如果您的后院有堆肥箱，请远离花园。
Bugs and insects are important for the decomposition process. You should still have a compost bin anddiscard food waste this way. But, avoid keeping it near the garden where pests can spread and keep eating.
You should also remove dead plants, leaves, and debris from your garden. As they begin to decompose, pests will come for the buffet.
Make sure the perimeter of your garden is clear of any plants and debris. There shouldn’t be any logs or dead sticks for them to hide under. Your garden is only for thriving plants, nothing that is in the decomposition process.
2. Add Variety
生物多样性是大自然的魔法技巧之一。它不仅鼓励植物生长健康，而且还可以防止害虫。
In your home garden, avoid making it easy for pests to propagate through. Disperse different plants among your fruit and vegetable plants.
包括一些自然排斥的害虫。例如，喇叭花花追击蚜虫，甲虫和壁球虫。菊花花淹没了银鱼，蟑螂和甲虫。
Adding biodiversity back into your garden will also attract the insects we need. Flowers attract pollinators like bees and butterflies. They also attract hummingbirds which are always pleasant to see in your garden.
3. Buy Predator Insects
There are plenty of insects that pose no threat to your garden. And, they happen to help prevent pests that will do damage.
You can attract these warriors or buy them from your local gardening store.
Here are some bugs and insects you might want to consider buying for your garden:
- Praying Mantis
- 瓢虫
- Braconids
- Mud Wasps
- Hover Flies
还有动物可以帮助您解决害虫问题。蜥蜴和蟾蜍喜欢吃石膏和蜗牛。如果您可以将这些物种介绍给您的院子，您可以消除您的SLUIS问题。
让它辛辣
如果你还没有种植草药和香料在你的花园里，你应该。它们不仅在饭菜中美味，而且还保护您的花园免受害虫。
Spices and herbs have strong scents that many pests hate. Some examples are chives, garlic, mint, and basil.
If your garden’s pests are four-legged and furry, definitely plant some garlic. Rabbits detest the smell of garlic and won’t want to veg out around it.
Catnip is another herb great for repelling pests. But, if you or your neighbors have an outdoor cat, you might attract a new pest to your garden.
5. Grow Healthy Plants
Like any predator in the animal kingdom, pests will prey on the weak before the strong. Use this principle as motivation for your gardening.
Healthy and strong plants are less likely to attract pests. Weak, small, and sick plants are easy targets.
How can you ensure your plants grow big and strong? By researching each plant’s optimal conditions. Learn about their ideal soil, light, fertilizer, and harvesting conditions.
Organize your garden in a way that sets your plants up to succeed. Put plants that require lots of watering in one section. Plants that prefer to be left alone can go together on the other side.
6. De-Fence
更多农村地区的房主可能会处理更大的害虫，如鹿，葡萄球和兔子。将这些饥饿的饥饿者从花园里留出来的最好的方法是围栏。
Regular chicken coop wire is perfect for garden fences. You want to choose a material that doesn’t block the sun or rain. But, it also needs to be sturdy enough to withstand wind.
The height you build it to depends on your intruders. If you have deer, you might need a fence as tall as 10 feet.
For smaller animals, a few feet might be okay if they can’t jump higher than that. Some rodents like to burrow and dig tunnels. To prevent their entry, bury the bottom of the fence a full foot deep.
要保持围栏状况良好，请将其免受杂草修剪器。在这里阅读更多about the benefits of using fence armor.
7. Diatomaceous Earth & Beer
One of the easiest ways to prevent pests is by spreading diatomaceous earth around your garden. This clay-like soil is made of diatoms, broken-down fossils.
The texture of diatomaceous earth is very rough and painful for some insects. Pests with a hard exoskeleton can get scratched and ripped open by the shards in the soil. They will avoid walking over diatomaceous earth.
By sprinkling it around the border of your garden, you prevent ants and beetles from getting in.
Diatomaceous earth is all packed充满土壤营养素. It acts as a fertilizer for soil and as an organic pesticide. And, it’s pollinator-friendly.
Although it works for beetles and shelled-insects, it doesn’t work for slugs or snails. To prevent these pests, consider setting up a beer trap.
Slugs and snails love the smell and taste of beer. Place a shallow dish of beer in your garden to attract them. They’ll get intoxicated from drinking the beer after falling in and eventually die.
准备摆脱后院的花园害虫？
Switching from chemical pesticides to natural methods is an awesome achievement. You’re effectively protecting the surrounding lakes, oceans, and soils.
摆脱园林害虫与李的方法之一sted above. Remember, you’ll soon be harvesting cleaner and more sustainable produce.
Removing pesticides is just one way of making your garden more sustainable.Read herefor 10 more ways to have an eco-friendly garden.
