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While tending to my own garden
I have found that one of the most frustrating things that can happen to a gardener is to walk outside to check on your plants. It’s just a routine walk to make sure that your garden is thriving
but you end up finding holes in all of your plants that looked fine only hours before. The explanations for some of these plant-destroying holes are garden pests. Some of the main garden pests are slugs
worms
caterpillars
birds
snails
and the occasional gopher. Although you can never wipe out these pests entirely
after all your hard work in the garden you have to do something.

Insects are one of the worst things to have in your garden; they can live under the soil
in old weeds or piles of leaves
or in a number of other places. In order to help keep insects away
always try and eliminate places in your garden and near your garden that these insects and other plant diseases could be living. Remove old leaves
weeds
or any other http://www.resellerhostaward.com decaying matter that insects and diseases could be living in from your yard. Also
regularly turn over your garden soil and break apart any clumps of dirt so that you can eliminate the living spaces any insects that might be hiding underground.

Another way to rid your garden of the pests is to use dormant spray
which is used to keep destructive insects and diseases under control. It is best that you use dormant spray when your plants are dormant
usually around February or early March. I have used dormant spray many times on my garden and it has worked wonders on keeping insects out. But as I learned from experience
dormant spray is only effective if you follow the correct instructions. When I first decided to use some on my garden
I just dumped it everywhere in hopes of killing everything harmful. Unfortunately I ended up killing my entire garden along with my neighbors. Some insects can be beneficial to your garden though
so be sure to find out which insects help your garden.

Another pest problem I've had besides insects has been birds. Whenever I see birds in my garden I run outside a chase them away
but as soon as I step inside they come right back. The solution that I've come up with to keep the birds away from my garden is to put a bird feeder in my yard. Instead of costing me time and money by eating my garden
the birds eat at the bird feeder. In the long run it’ll save you money. Not only can a bird feeder help keep birds away from your garden
but they can also be a new part of your yard decoration. Although not completely eliminating my bird problem
my bird feeder has made the problem smaller. Getting a dog has also helped.

If you start seeing mounds of dirt around your yard
and your plants keep unexplainably dieing
you can assume that you have a gopher problem. Thankfully
this is one of the few garden pasts that I haven't had. However my friend has struggled with a tremendous gopher infestation
so I decided to research it. Gophers are rodents that are five to fourteen inches long. Their fur can be black
light brown
or white
and they have small tails. One method of getting rid of these root-eating pests is to set traps. The key to successfully capturing a gopher using a trap is to successfully locate the gopher's tunnels and set the trap correctly. Another way to get rid of them is to use smoke bombs
which you place into the tunnel and the smoke spreads through out it and hopefully reaches the gopher.

If you suspect that your gardens are being pillaged by any of the pests I mentioned
I encourage you to try your hardest to eliminate the problem as soon as possible. The longer you let the species stay
the more established it will become.