18/01/2024
Garden Tips #101
Sustainable gardens🏡 don’t get ravaged by pests.
If a garden is healthy you are still going to find a few pests, but they won’t take over and decimate your plants. Just remember that worms 🪱 and caterpillars 🐛 are in general not pests, except for those that are well known for the damage they do, such as amaryllis (lily borer), lawn caterpillars and some beetle 🪲 larvae.
Do not be disheartened if you have just started out on your indigenous garden 🪴 or are embarking on pesticide 🆓 gardening for the first time. Nature needs time to restore balance, and this requires patience and keeping an eye on things. We are happy to help with suggestions. You can email us on [email protected] or send us pictures 📸on Facebook messenger and we’ll assist and advise wherever we can.
Safe pesticides: Before waging chemical warfare on these unwanted garden visitors, please remember that many are something else’s food, and if numbers and damage is completely out of control, stick to organic, environmentally friendly pesticides.
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