Gardening Naturally - Pest and Diseases Eliminatoin

Home Made Defences Against Diseases and Pests In Your Gardens

Many people love gardening. Those of use who love to garden get a distinct pleasure from it.  With all the chemicals that are put on or in our foods from the supermarket and in the vast majority of farms run by the governments
 we try to do our part and live a healthy Organic life.  With gardening there comes problems with things such as animals that devour our very own vegetables and flowers as well.  Then there are bugs that also like to munch on our hard work and labor intensive gardens.  There are many chemicals out there on the market that will get rid of just about anything you may have a problem with in your gardens.  Some of us would just like to do it all the Natural Way and here are some of those ways.

Discouraging Critters 

Garlic and Pepper Spray

Now we get to the good stuff and how to deter the critters from eating your tasty vegetables, fruits and flowers. Thought these are hard to control you can use this spray on dry days.  The best way is to put up a deterrent such as fencing.

You can sprinkle everyday Cayenne Pepper on your plants and around them. One taste of this hot stuff sends the critters away. I used this one year and it took 2 years before the deer came back to my gardens again. Same with any other critter, including my cats.

The tulle or netting also deters them as well and I don't know if it is the smell of the sizing or just the look or the feel, but they don't seem to like it much. Yo can also sprinkle some on the netting if you want. It will sift down to your plants. The only thing with this is that you would have to put another sprinkling on it after it rains and dries up. I have had good results with this method.

You can make a spray to and I have used it on every single plant that I have planted and I live in the woods where deer and other forest creatures are plentiful. Don't store this stuff in the sprayer because for some reason after a day of this being stored my sprayer stopped working. Store the liquid in a glass jar. You don't want any animals getting into it. It won't harm them, but it will make them uncomfortable fore a while.

You will need to get the minced garlic in the jars because you are going to use the juice that is in it. Get a jar of Texas Hot Sauce--the hottest you can get. Mix 1 teas each in 2 cups of water. This kills sucking d chewing insects and critters like Rabbits, Deer and any other ones that happen along in your garden don't like the smell or the taste of it.

Some have swore by Irish Spring Soap.  Just tie some up around your garden area and it will discourage deer and other animals.  I have heard of Cedar Chip shavings to deter rabbits and such.
Another good thig to do is give those animals that love you garden a garden of their own or lay out an area and put their favorite foods in there just for the.  Deer and Rabbits alike love apples.  Check around your farm markets and see if they sell what is called "deer Apples".  They are relatively inexpensive.

Other Home Made Concoctions

Glue Mixture

This will kill aphids. spider mites and scale insects. Use this on woody plants such as trees. Dissolved 1 quarter pound of animal or fish glue in 1 gallon of water. Brush This on the plants, not forgetting about the undersides of them. The insects fall off when the liquid has dried and will flake off.

Green Soap Spray

Be care with this because if you leave it on too long it will kill your plants. Mix 1 cup GREEN Soap tincture in 3 gallons of Hot water.or 1 tablespoon of Laundry Detergent (No bleach) in 1 gallon of Hot water. Let Cool then Spray on Plants. If you use this you need to have some fresh water handy so you can rinse off the plants right after using this spray.

Buttermilk and Flour Spray

This kills mites by suffocating them. Mix 1/2 cup Buttermilk and 4 cups of Wheat Flour to 5 Gallons of water. Spray on plants.

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