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Companion Planting Controls Pests in Your Garden
Are you looking for natural ways to deter pests in your vegetable garden? No more pesticides and other chemicals contaminating your produce and your body. Remember, you are what you eat.
Companion planting is an efficient and natural way to protect your garden from pests and promote healthy, growth in all your herbs, vegetables and flowers. Some plants benefit the soil, while others may deter specific pests and diseases or enhance the flavors of fruits and vegetables. Herbs are particularly valuable in the context of trap planting because they can both discourage pests and attract beneficial insects such as ladybugs, bees and butterflies.
Plants have unique natural abilities to emit different chemical substances. The plants repel or attract specific insects. An easy way of keeping pests at bay is to strategically place insect-repelling plants in your garden. Insects tend to avoid these plants because the essential oils in them work as a natural bug repellent. This is what protects your vegetable plants.
Beneficial insects prey on pests that cause damage in the garden. Ladybugs and praying mantis are beneficial bugs.
