 If you want to make your garden eco-friendly, EnviroCitizen.org suggests that you choose native plants. With that being said, there are some universally good plant choices for eco-friendly gardens. Believe it or not, there are insect-repelling plants which can generally be grown anywhere throughout the United States in combination with other plants, such as fruit-bearing or vegetable plants. Using these plants can eliminate the need for you to use chemical pesticides, enabling you to grow a healthy, thriving, organic garden naturally.
There are many other plants that repel all sorts of unwanted visitors! If you have a mosquito problem, catnip, marigolds and rosemary effectively repel mosquitoes. Marigolds are also great because they repel insects and aphids that eat vegetables. Basil repels flies and peppermint is a great plant to help keep ants and mice away. Borage and calendula both work well to keep tomato-eating pests and calendula also keeps asparagus beetles from asparagus plants. Chrysanthemums and cosmos effectively manage the Mexican beetle, which eats the undersides of the leaves of many plants. Dandelion dead nettle and flax plants repel the potato beetle and cabbageworms. Geraniums keep red spider mites away and nasturtiums work well to keep many pests away including white flies, squash bugs, striped pumpkin beetles and wooly aphids. Oregano repels cabbage butterflies and cucumber beetles. Parsley and sage work well against beetles and sage is a great way to keep bean beetles, cabbage moths, carrot flies and slugs at bay. The added benefit of many of these plants is that you can use the leaves of the plants as herbs for cooking!
By utilizing these insect-repelling plants, you can create a thriving garden that is organic and free of pests. To incorporate these plants into your garden, you can do several things. One option is to create a sort of border around your garden with a mixture of these plants. Depending on the size of your garden, an exterior border may be sufficient. If you've got a bigger garden, you might want to place these plants among your garden in addition to the exterior border. You could choose to add rows of these plants within your garden or you could disperse them randomly between plants.
EnviroCitizen.org wants to remind you that when you incorporate these plants, make sure that you don't overcrowd your garden. Leave ample space for each individual plant to soak up nutrients from the soil and to have enough light for photosynthesis. More effective and eco-friendly than chemical pesticides, EnviroCitizen.org thinks pest-repelling plants are a wonderful alternative to conventional pesticides!
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