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Category Archives: organic pest control

Educational Landscape Consultation

This is great time to think about getting a professional landscape consultant to give you some new idea’s, plant suggestions, tips on organic gardening and more. As a consultant I use the time purchased by my clients to educate them on their entire property. There is a wealth of information a professional with my 20 …

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Earth Day

In honor of Earth Day April 22nd, here are some simple suggestions for a few ways you can make some big changes in the impact we have on our beautiful planet. One of the easiest ways is to choose native and adaptive plants. Native (indigenous to an area) and adaptive (adapted to our climate but …

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Beneficial Bugs “Get to know your friends”

Beneficial insects play a very important role in our biological warfare. One of the best reasons to employ the bug world  to fight your pest fights is that chemical insecticides in the form of a broad spray or granular broadcast kill the good guys and can make matters worse.  It has also been shown that …

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Pesticide, Schmesticide (Integrated Pest Management)

The encyclopedia definition of a Pesticide is any substance or mixture of substances intended for preventing, destroying, repelling or mitigating any pest. The definition of “Cide“..Killer. Now we need to think about that for a minute…Who exactly are we killing? This blog was inspired by my having repeatedly seen neighbors with pest control services with …

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Find Me on Facebook!

Hi Friends, I would like to be sure you all check out my LL&D page on facebook. I will be posting daily reminders of what to do this time of year as well as posting pictures of some of my favorite garden tricks, plant selection and helpful organic gardening tips. This is an exciting time …

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