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Make your garden chemical-free
By mr-eco
Posted in: Garden
With a little bit of forward thinking and effort, your garden can be a completely chemical-free environment.
These quick tips can help you to greatly reduce the need for pesticides and other chemicals to keep your garden healthy and functioning:
- Ask local gardeners about recommendations for native plants that may be more resistant to disease, pests etc.
- Use organic compost to help improve overall soil quality and thus increase your garden's natural strength against disease and pests.
- Consider using natural pest control products, many of which can be made with common household items.
- Make use of traps, barriers and other physical guards to keep away pests and avoid excessive pesticide use.
- Plant mint around the perimeter of your garden to keep our mice and othe small pests. This strong-smelling plant is a great natural boundary.
- Consider buying ladybugs to help control plant-eating insects.
