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DIY Pest Control Methods for Your Garden or Farm Business

DIY Pest Control Methods for Your Garden or Farm Business

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February 27, 2020 //  by Home Jobs By Mom//  6 Comments

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DIY Pest Control Methods

Pests can be frustrating and destructive at the same time. Not to mention gross. However, for those in agriculture, it means losing business and constant application of harmful pesticides. For that reason, you must know about other types of pest control methods — safer ones.

While some of these methods are more effective than others, these DIY Pest Control Methods are all less harmful to humans than traditional pesticides.

DIY Pest Control Method 1: Biological Pest Control

In case you skipped biology class, the term biological refers to a living organism. By introducing the right kind of predator, you can reduce the number of pests by scaring them away. This means not necessarily killing every last one of them — it’s actually pretty humane. The DIY pest control method dates as far back as ancient Egypt, where the inhabitants used cats to control the rodent population. People have also used ferrets to catch mice and mongooses to control snakes.

However,  you have to make sure this is controlled, or they could destroy unintended things. This is because the predators introduced might not have other predators preying on them in the same area.

Due to the dangers posed by this DIY pest control method, robotics has been developed to cure this problem in agricultural areas. On farms, robotics are used to scare away pests like rodents instead of killing them.

“I’ll stop eating steak when you stop killing spiders.” Absurdity: comparing cows to spiders. Arachnids are pure evil. They’re like a cigarette manufacturer or a terrorist. They’re organized religion on eight legs.”
― Davey Havok

DIY Pest Control Method 2: Organic Pesticides


Okay, this may sound nasty, but you can use a natural pesticide made from animal urine and leaves to repel some pests. It’s a great deterrent plus as a bonus, it can also be a fertilizer. Yes!

Also, certain plants naturally repel pests — things like rosemary, garlic, lavender, marigolds make bugs back off. These guys make great companion plants!

DIY Pest Control Method 3: Rotate Your Planting Areas

Do you have a favorite spot for your garden? You don’t want to use the same spot year after year for your plants. This encourages problems with your soil like soil-borne diseases. These diseases can live in old plant debris and soil for a few years, so it’s best to try new planting spots as often as possible.DIY Pest Control Methods for Your Garden or Farm Business

There are a few DIY pest control methods to get rid of these guys, but a lot of people prefer calling in the professionals to take care of the situation for you.

Pests can present a myriad of problems for gardeners and farmers, but the above DIY pest control methods can effectively keep many pests at bay. However, it is recommended that you call experts to help with inspection and extermination. There’s a reason they are called experts 😉

“A stray fact: insects are not drawn to candle flames, they are drawn to the light on the far side of the flame, they go into the flame and sizzle to nothingness because they’re so eager to get to the light on the other side.”
― Michael Cunningham

 

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  1. Tamra Phelps

    November 6, 2018 at 3:49 pm

    I like the idea of DIY, for this. I tend to steer away from the heavy duty chemicals and try to use more natural methods.

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    • Home Jobs By Mom

      November 8, 2018 at 10:26 am

      What are your favorite natural cleaning products?

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  2. Sue E

    March 1, 2020 at 2:02 am

    I never liked chemical sprayed on anything!! I didn’t like what I read about Deet. I wouldn’t spray poison ☠️ on anything, especially food that we eat! I don’t garden anymore, but we still get pests!! Sugar and baking soda helps with cockroaches. Boric Acid is a helpful ingredient – vinegar is also. Keeping bugs out of the house like ticks, mosquitoes 🦟 and spiders 🕷 is good for our health too. Their bites can be harmful!! Thank you for sharing this awesome information! Spring should be coming.

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    • Home Jobs By Mom

      March 19, 2020 at 2:46 pm

      Thanks for the great Pest Control tips!

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  3. Dana Rodriguez

    March 10, 2020 at 2:44 pm

    These are great tips. Urine does sound nasty but that does make sense.

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    • Home Jobs By Mom

      March 30, 2020 at 11:36 am

      Gross but it does the trick

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