Environmentally Sensitive Alternatives to Harmful Household Chemicals

Rather than using insecticides and pesticides that can harm you or the environment, the following organic and homemade recipes/remedies can be made using natural, safe products you may already have in your home.

Garden Insect Remedies

Cucumber Beetles or Squash bugs - Sprinkle plant with garlic powder

Slugs and Snails - Sprinkle completely dried, crushed eggshells or oyster shells around any plants or infested areas .  Another suggestion - snails will not cross a chalk line.

Pests of all Kinds - Plant a garlic clove along with your plant.  As it grows, simply keep cutting it down so it will not disturb the appearance of the plant.  Garlic will not harm the plant, but the bugs hate it!

Garden Organic Insecticides

• Basil near tomatoes will repel worms and flies
• Mint, sage, dill and thyme protect cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli and Brussel sprouts from the cabbage moth.
• Onions and garlic protect plants from Japanese beetles, carrot flies and aphids on lettuce and beans.  Onions should be planted near carrots and beets.
• Plant horseradish near potatoes to repel potato beetles.
• Anise and coriander discourage aphids.
• Radishes planted near cabbage repels maggots.

Do not plant garlic near peas, nor cabbage near strawberries!