With so many lawn pest control products on the market, it truly is best to identify any pest before actually using any products to control and eliminate them. Lawn pest control may include natural, as well as organic pest control. Some people may find that they prefer a professional service or products.
Birds are a wonderful and natural way to control unwanted garden pests from your lawn, and most people don't ever consider it. Birds will eat the majority of the pests that inhabit your lawn. To attract many different kinds of birds to your yard you have to make a setting that is appealing to them. A good incentive would be a birdbath, especially in the hot months, or by adding some bird feeders to your landscape. It would be beneficial to you to place the feeders in various spots around your lawn and garden, this is a sure way to encourage the birds to come. There are several different and inexpensive choices of feeders and baths at your local discount stores. Look in the lawn and garden section for the best variety of choices. After a few days and weeks - definitely not overnight - your lawn will become part of their flight path, and once that happens, they will continue to come back and will begin feeding on your lawn pests, as well as the seed you have provided.
Another organic form of lawn pest control, especially when you are trying to avoid pesticides could be praying mantises. In lawn and garden stores every year thousands of mantis egg cases are sold for this very purpose. The nymphs (babies) have vigorous appetites and they prey on several different insects and pests that threaten your lawn. Not having an adequate food supply, the nymphs will eventually cannibalize one another. Mantises will basically eat any kind of pest or insect they can catch and devour, making it a wonderful type of natural lawn pest control.
Organic lawn control is very popular, and there are several different components you can find in almost any home. One natural pest control component to use is salt. Found in the majority of homes, 2 tablespoons of salt mixed with a gallon of water make a solution for a spray bottle that you can use to combat spider mites and cabbage worms. Garlic is also an organic component used for lawn pest control. By putting a bulb of garlic together with a quart of water, an onion, a tablespoon of any dish soap, and a tablespoon of cayenne pepper will usually target the slugs that may be found in your area, and probably some other creepy pests as well!
Our lawns are very important to us, and our families. This area of our home is used for family get-togethers, and children's birthday parties, as well as every day play and relaxation, so we want our lawns to be attractive and well manicured, as well as pest free. Optimum maintenance of your lawn is of the utmost importance when trying to rid your lawn from unwelcome pests that have made your yard their home. With such little time these days, between work, school, and outside activities, we may have no time to mix together a spray or wait on birds to come enjoy our yard, so we may want to consider a professional to combat these pests with natural pest control. Or we may just want to buy our own and make it somewhat more cost effective for ourselves.
A professional lawn service will take the necessary steps to get your yard looking beautiful and healthy. Just make sure that the professionals have plenty of experience and good references. You also need to make sure that they will take any environmental concerns you have into consideration. Whatever form of control you choose, whether it is natural, organic, or professional, the end result, with continuous efforts, will be an attractive and pest free lawn that you will show off at your next outdoor barbeque.
