Easy Garden Pest Controls

Easy Garden Pest Controls

Adapted from A Year on The Garden Path, by Carolyn Herriot
(Earthfuture/ Adapted from A

So often the home garden pest control remedies work as well or better than
the chemical counterparts, and with the added bonus that with these
formulas made of kitchen cupboard ingredients, you don't need to worry about
poisoning yourself, your pets, or your garden!

Print out these five standby remedies for yard and garden, including a
natural fungicide for mildew and black spot:

Simple Soap Solution
2 Tbs. soap flakes
2 litre warm water
Dissolve soap flakes in water and apply directly to infested areas every
5-7 days. Note: Too much soap can cause burning on plants.
Pests affected: aphids, spider mites, and whiteflies.

Garlic Oil Spray
10-15 cloves of minced garlic
2 tsp. mineral oil
600 ml water
1 tsp. liquid dish soap
Soak garlic in mineral oil for 24 hours. Strain garlic out and add 600 ml
water and 1 tsp. liquid dish soap. Mix thoroughly. Spray plants with this
solution.
Pests affected: Aphids, spider ites, and whiteflies

Fungicide for Mildew and Black Spot
1 tsp. baking soda
1 litre water
1 tsp. soap flakes
Dissolve baking soda in 1 litre of warm water.

Add soap flakes to help solution cling to leaves. Remove infected leaves
from plant, then spray top and bottom of remaining leaf surfaces to control
spread of the disease.

Sticky Traps
1-2 Tbsp. Vaseline or preferably, Unpetroleum Jelly
4"x8" plastic cards or cardboard
Waterproof yellow paint
Apply paint onto both sides of the card and let it dry. Once the paint is
dry, apply
Unpetroleum Jelly liberally over both sides of the card. Place the card
just above the plant canopy.
Pests controlled:Flying pests, such as fungus gnats, and whiteflies.

Sowbug Traps
1 small plastic container with lid
2 Tbsp. cornmeal
Cut a small hole at the base of the container, large enough and close
enough to the bottom to allow sowbugs to climb in. Place cornmeal in container.
Place container into area infested with sowbugs. After feeding on the
cornmeal, the bugs will drink and then explode! (Replace cornmeal frequently.)

Toilet Bowl Cleaners:

Toilet Bowl Cleaners:

1) Baking Soda and Vinegar: Sprinkle baking soda into the bowl, then
squirt with vinegar and scour with a toilet brush. Cleans and deodorizes.
2) Borax and Lemon Juice. For removing a stubborn stain, like toilet bowl
ring, mix enough borax and lemon juice into a paste cover the ring. Flush
toilet to wet the sides, then rub on paste. Let sit for 2 hours and scrub
thoroughly. For less stubborn toilet bowl rings, sprinkle baking soda around
the rim and scrub with a toilet brush.
3)1 cup borax, 1/2 cup white vinegar. Flush to wet the sides of the bowl.
Sprinkle the borax around the toilet bowl, then spray with vinegar. Leave
for several hours or overnight before scrubbing with a toilet brush.
4) Denture tablets are an excellent substitute for toilet cleaner. Drop two
tablets into the bowl and clean as you would with toilet cleaner.
5) Liquid castile soap and baking soda or Borax, scrub with a toilet
brush.

My Dad sent me another great way to clean the toilet:
"How to wash a toilet

This is simply too much of a time-saver not to share it with you:


1. Put both lids of the toilet up.

Add 1/8 cup of pet shampoo to the water in the bowl.

2. Pick up the cat and soothe him while you carry him towards the bathroom.

3.. In one smooth movement, put the cat in the toilet and close the lid.
(You may need to stand on the lid.)


4. The cat will self agitate and make ample suds. ( Never mind the noises that come from the toilet.)


5. Flush the toilet three or four times. This provides a 'power-wash' and rinse'.

6. Have someone open the front door of your home.
(Be sure that there are no people between the bathroom and the front door)

7. Stand behind the toilet as far as you can, and quickly lift the lid.

8. The cat will rocket out of the toilet, streak through the bathroom, and run outside where he will dry himself off.

9. Both the commode and the cat will be sparkling clean.


Sincerely,
The Dog