We want to control the pest and weeds, we want to keep the garden in the best color and shape. However, sometimes we are too much dependent on the use of those dangerous chemicals which bring in the long term is not beneficial to your garden! You don’t want to put poison in your garden are not you?
Pesticides, Herbicides are the most common tools that we use to fight those disturbing factor away. Keeping the lawn, the vegetables, and the herbs looking perfect, does not always depend on these two dangerous items. Some of the consequences and how to use more natural ingredients are described here.
For example, a pesticide used on a specific plant won’t necessarily stay there. It can easily wash off the intended victim and the runoff can wind up in sensitive watersheds where fish, algae, and, through a nasty ripple effect, whole ecosystems can suffer. Even if the pesticide stays inside the garden gates it can have a detrimental effect on the garden itself by discouraging (and possibly killing) natural enemies of the very pests you are trying to ward off. Instead, increase ladybugs—that are predators of leaf-destroying aphids—into your garden. Attract them by planting small, sweet-smelling plants like carrots, fennel, and dill and letting them flower. Equally powerful “good bugs,” like the lacewing, will show up and pitch in as well.
To kill aphids outright you can also mix up an organic, lower-impact pesticide of your own. Mix two teaspoons of liquid castile soap (Dr. Bronner’s, for example) into a liter of water, then spray the mixture onto the affected leaves and stem of the plant. This soap mixture will kill the aphids, but it can also kill the good bugs, so use it sparingly to maintain a diversity of insects in your garden.
When you try to fight pests to the garden, it is better to take the approach of ecosystem management rather than to destroy them off. Use natural enemies and elements to really make your garden really living. If you want a trouble free garden, do not plan on putting some problematic plantation. Simply avoid them! Better to plant something that is manageable and beneficial.