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The attempt to get rid of pests has been around as long as agriculture. This trade has grown quickly, doubling its growth in the past few years. In the last five years the home pest control business has increased by half, making it a $7 billion industry per year.

With increasing frequency, remote areas are being chosen for the construction of new housing. Many people have a strong desire to reside in the woods or desert. For an insect or an animal termed a 'pest' it is you who is the intruder into their habitat and not vice versa. When your home becomes infested with bugs, thats when they become pests.

What is Gardening and Pest Control?

Getting rid of unwanted pests is the ultimate goal. Structural pest control refers to pests that invade your house or garden ,such as termites or fire ants,while pest control is the manner in which pests are controlled that take over your lawn. It could possibly effect the house also, but it's the garden that we are more concerned about.

Protecting the plants in your garden must be done in order to have healthy produce results. The problem is often overlooked until pests get out of control and the damage is severe. There are actually some things you can do to get rid of the problem.

What can we do to contain the unwanted pests in our garden?

Gardening and pest control is viewed by many people as do-it-yourself job. Well that's fair enough - up to a point. Determining the best pest control for your garden is much like getting a doctor's diagnosis, you need to know what is causing the problem, what to use to eliminate the pest and how to prevent further injury. In surveys, it's been found that many householders don't bother to read the instructions carefully or feel the need to vary the instructions because they feel they know better.

This could lead to the serious problem of overconcentrating doses of hazardous insecticides which are harmful in large doses. Naturally, we are talking about chemicals, since chemical pest control remains the primary method used in modern pest control. However, that said, the long-term effects of chemicals has led to a renewed interest in traditional and biological pest control towards the end of the 20th century.

Periodic visits from a home pest control company is a must if you do not want to dirty your hands and yet still want to take control over domestic pest infestations. It is advantageous for you to have someone monitor your house and garden on a monthly basis to help control your pest problems. One disadvantage of monthly pest control is that homeowners insist that PCOs apply a chemical treatment monthly whether there is a pest problem or not!

It is astonishing to see the factual pattern of the pesticides used in the home and the garden;

1. A huge amount of pesticide is applies annually to lawns, typically something in the region of 67 million pounds.

2. Suburban lawns and gardens receive far heavier pesticide applications per acre than most agricultural areas.

Think before you spray a pesticide. In fact, you may be getting rid of the bugs that are beneficial to keeping your pest problem under control. This means you will have to spray more in the future. Further, various bugs contribute to plant pollination which helps your garden thrive and flourish. Persistent, broad-spectrum, contact insecticides such as diazinon, malathion or carbaryl, should never be used. These provide only temporary pest control and are likely to kill more of the natural enemies than the pests. If pest control results in the eridication of enemies then, ironically, pest numbers may increase and become even more of a problem than previously.

Most consumers also don't realize how potentially harmful they can be:

1. Pesticides are easily tracked indoors, an EPA study found 23 pesticides in dust and air inside homes.Consumers don't realize the dangers.

2. On a regular basis, the US Geological Survey locates garden chemicals that pose a threat to the environment. Weed Killers, for example are the most prevelant around urban centers streams and rivers.

It's an eye-opening shock isn't it, can we really, really not be without these methods of pest control?

Gardening and Natural Home Pest Control

We are convinced that the safe and successful way to control pests in your yard is through a natural balance of organisms in your lawn and gardens. Natural pest control protects you, your garden, local wildlife and the environment and, as an added bonus, it costs less than pesticides.

1. Traps,covers barriers or repellants may work well in the physical aspect.

2. Maintain several varieties of plants as bugs that wage battle against pests thrive well in a garden that provide these friendly insects the nectar and pollen all through the seasons.

3. If the pests can't get to your plants,you can eliminaate the damage they cause. When the number of pests is small, you can often get rid of the problem by simply taking them somewhere else.

In summary, a lot of folks are in the same boat. Hundreds upon hundreds of people around the globe that are also searching for solutions to home pest control problems, so we hope that this has been useful to you.