Natural Pest Control: Effective and Eco-Friendly Solutions for Your Garden

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@ThyBookie Жыл бұрын

Native plants are particularly good draws for beneficial insects. I planted some ox-eye sunflower and purple coneflower in my garden and I’ve noticed much more lady bug activity around them than my traditional non-native landscape plants

@denisemusicnut Жыл бұрын

I’ve had good luck deterring cabbage moths with an onion spray. Just chop onions, put them in water and allow them to steep for a few hours. Strain the liquid through a cheesecloth or coffee filter, and fill a spray bottle with the onion water. Spray directly on and around your brassicas, repeating after rain.

@threewillowsfarm7779 Жыл бұрын

Thank you. I will try this🌿💛🌿

@threewillowsfarm7779 Жыл бұрын

We all love you Jill. You are the best teacher

@kimberlyearly8918 Жыл бұрын

I need to try this! My brassicas have been fighting for their lives! I've been alternating DE,BT and neem and it seems to be helping some. A few years ago I had a couple of tomato horn worms on what few tomatoes I planted and I used a garlic spray and never had another one. I burned some of the leaves though.

@missouribroad978 Жыл бұрын

Congrats on becoming certified! Very helpful natural pest control tips!

@KathyW5 Жыл бұрын

Congratulations on your organic certification. I know that takes mountains of time, research, work, and documentation.

@christiscamelotgardens47 Жыл бұрын

I also keep several varieties of mint planted in pots around my garden to help keeping pests away 😊

@cathyrich4611 Жыл бұрын

Certified Organic! Congratulations! Jill, this video was SO informative - you answered my questions about pest pressure - thank you!!🤩

@trippingwithpippy2317 Жыл бұрын

I’m having the issue of moles/voles wiping out my beautiful planted spaces.. it’s never ending. But I go to Lowe’s every week and hit up the clearance section and bring some plants home half price and revive them to put in place of the mole/vole damage.. I understand the pain of all that hard work and hope for blooms/food and then it’s all gone instantly.. replant and give it a second chance!

@sierraechopnw4228 Жыл бұрын

GRATZ Jill on your monumental achievement. Hat tip to you. My biggest issue being in the PNW are gigantic slugs and snails as well as ants. I have found the marigolds which I now seed start in mass to inter-plant amongst my entire garden aids greatly in slug control. For the ants i use borax, sugar and water in a plastic bottle in which I create tiny holes in one side for ants…then i simply lay it on its side and i can say last year all the bottles were loaded with earwigs and ants and not on my plants. I simply dispose of the bottle at season’s end and refresh for the next season of growing. It worked beautifully as well. I also use DTE throughout my garden but having to reapply after every rain, esp here, became too much of chore early in the season when its wetter. As i move into dryer months i resume using it. I want to try your peppermint oil remedy this yr to add to my arsenal of pest deterrents. Organic takes lots more time and care but is truly worth the extra gardening effort in healthy benefits to humans and is safe to use around pets.

@kimberlyearly8918 Жыл бұрын

How much borax, sugar and water do you use? I have lots of ants and earwigs and it's driving me bonkers! I'm pretty sure ants are gnawing on my strawberries. I saw a few on one one day. I'm confused about how you make holes in the bottle.

@kimberlyearly8918 Жыл бұрын

@@sierraechopnw4228 Thanks SO MUCH!! Will definitely give these a try!

@donnaschofield6947 Жыл бұрын

Congratulations on the cert you guys!! That is awesome ❤️

@CatherinesLifeOver50 Жыл бұрын

ANTS! I can't believe how many ants we have this year. Truly being overrun in our raised beds and in ground. A combination of very tiny ants and regular sized ants. MIgardener recommended 1 part sugar, 1 part borax, and just enough water to make a paste, then soak with cotton balls and place at the ants hills fir yhem to transport thru the nest to the queen. So yesterday, I did that, making about a cup+ of it and soaking 15 cotton balls. I placed the ball in as many places as i could find ant hills or very heavy trails. Today, I was shocked to see most of the ants were gone. I dont know if they died, moved or went deeper into the ground, but they are mostly gone. I will continue doing this regularly and hope its the natural magic bullet. Tonight its suppose to rain so I am going to pick up the cotton balls, resoak, and put out again after the rain.

@kimberlyearly8918 Жыл бұрын

I'm also having lots of ants! I can't see where the ant hills are in the raised beds though.

@marysumner335 Жыл бұрын

Thank you SO much! This was very helpful. I have the worst time with sap suckers and Japanese beetles. If I can run them off that would save my poor tomatoes!

@mommajessiesboutique Жыл бұрын

I planted a ton of marigolds by the tomatoes and planted sunflowers around the garden. Didn't see any horn worms last... I'm trying that again this season 🤞

@HalleluYahfarm Жыл бұрын

Thank you for addressing this topic! It's definitely one we are beginning to see

@lynettetucker544 Жыл бұрын

Thanks Jill for reminding me about the essential oils, I had a fits all over my baby rose bushes, never seen it before, but I didn’t like seeing them on my roses 🌹 I will be using the peppermint oil and the dish soap the next round. Hopefully it won’t be one.👌🏾✨

@nikkiholton6318 Жыл бұрын

I use green frog lime for ants. Works well

@TerrieAllred2023 Жыл бұрын

Congratulations on your certification! Something I am trying this year to deter pests is thai (holy) basil. I noticed last year when I planted one in a bed of tomatoes, I had no pests! The other tomato beds...not so much. It has a much stronger smell than most basil varieties, and I love it! So I started a ton of thai basil and have it planted in every single bed and so far, so good! Too bad I didn't think to plant some in my Greenstalk because I saw aphids on my parsley today.

@jessicapabon2105 Жыл бұрын

When it comes to aunts I found that charcoal is perfect it gets rid of them ASAP. It doesn't kill them but it makes them move out of where you don't want them. I found that out by accident when I had a 50 gallon drum half barrel and I wanted to plant in there but there was a massive and I made a massive fire ant colony in it and I have some charcoal right by me LOL I threw it in there and walked away thinking I Was Defeated and on the whole of them days they were out of there as a matter fact I think all insects in the dirt we're gone except maybe a spider

@samanthahoos9827 Жыл бұрын

Great Tips! Thank you! I hang bird feeders during the winter filled with black sunflower seeds only near my gardens and am blessed to have birds hanging out year round eating seed when there are no bugs and then bugs when there’s no seed. I just watched some cow birds fly into my potato patch and come out with something that they immediately took into the old dead tree on my property - chirping baby birds are loud. 😊 Occasionally I get a random sunflower growing too!

@gardenstatesowandsew Жыл бұрын

Awesome 👏🏻 ❤ Thank you for all of the tips

@ssamuel408 Жыл бұрын

Thank you.

@tracyzabelle Жыл бұрын

Such great lookin merch

@kimberlyearly8918 Жыл бұрын

Very good info! I think I'll try the peppermint oil. I've had a lot of pests. Slugs and ants are the visible ones but there are things getting gnawed on by who knows what. I've been alternating DE, BT and neem oil and things seem to be getting better. Why don't you grow anything in the beautiful raised bed garden?

@JamysOnJericho Жыл бұрын

I also implement trap crops. You can put let's say eggplant to attract flea beetle to keep them off other things. Unless you are really wanting those eggplant lol.

@JamysOnJericho Жыл бұрын

Or globe artichokes attract aphids. Look for something you don't mind sacrificing to pull them off what you do want

@donnaburchett9328 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for all the information you share!!!! Does the peppermint spray and neem oil spray spoil? How long do they stay good?

@joybartlett9784 Жыл бұрын

Diatomaceous earth is my favorite go to. I use cinnamon on ant problems.

@shellymarie1614 Жыл бұрын

Wahoo Congrats! I use essential oils in our garden - we have sprinklers so I have to apply often. I did just order lime since I heard it can be helpful with slugs and is non toxic - we had a huge slug problem and all the tricks I tried did not work.

@kimberlyearly8918 Жыл бұрын

I'm having slugs on my brassicas. Do you just sprinkle it around the plant? I've been using DE, BT and neem at different times and it seems to be helping. I've just been alternating what I'm using.

@jenniferpulskamp5592 Жыл бұрын

We get tomato hornworms SO badly! Last year we were picking off 35 worms every night with a black light.

@cindiwatson5415 Жыл бұрын

I used garlic and onion soaked for two weeks

@Apothikerry 11 ай бұрын

Great info and thank you! What about pill bugs? I have tons of rolly pollys in my mulch. I’ve tried the rolled paper, but not that great. Thank you-

@WhisperingWillowFarm 11 ай бұрын

We’ve never really worried about those pest’s because they never have done much damage to the plants

@DebiLynn Жыл бұрын

Do you think chocolate mint extract work well too? I have chocolate mint growing like crazy in my front bed.

@brooke6504 Жыл бұрын

How do you feel about neem oil?

@morgangeymann6932 Жыл бұрын

Any tips for stink bugs? I'm completely losing the battle with soapy water, and I just need to be successful with my tomatoes this year.

@robinhart1390 11 ай бұрын

What plants repels aphids?

@danaramey6519 Жыл бұрын

I use used coffee grounds for ants.

@mother8576 Жыл бұрын

Jill you said something about ants but you didn't say how you get rid of them we are having the same problem we also live in Arkansas.

@MuckmouseFollies Жыл бұрын

Do you have cats that come in contact with your garden and are you worried about peppermint oil and your cats? Thanks!

@collinsddc1206 Жыл бұрын

I was told to only use the Food grade Diatomaceous Earth so it doesn’t harm our wonderful bees, kids & animals.

@jeffkey3158 Жыл бұрын

What brand of essential oils are you using?

@WhisperingWillowFarm Жыл бұрын

Mostly YL

@mommajessiesboutique Жыл бұрын

Ants are driving me crazy. I pulled out chips and helped with my slug issue. If you figure out ants please let us know.

@kimberlyearly8918 Жыл бұрын

Same!! It's driving me crazy! They've chewed on big, beautiful strawberries which really makes me angry!!

@mfarmer2112 Жыл бұрын

🕊🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🕊

@colleenfoster6841 Жыл бұрын

Ladybugs have a homebase. It their just let go they have no home-base established.

@anniewildmush1284 Жыл бұрын

when repeating things that everyone is saying without trials... please....

@kimberlyearly8918 Жыл бұрын

Huh?