Gardens will attract different kinds of pests, ranging from rodents to reptiles and insects. They will eat and ruin the crops and plants that you’ve worked hard to grow. Your garden will end up looking like a mess instead of a breezy Eden. Here’s how you can deal with the pests you find in your garden.
Make a homemade repel
We recommend making your own homemade repel spray because most sprays sold on in supermarkets contain chemicals that can destroy your crops and plants. It is fairly easy to make a homemade repel. You’ll only need to blend one onion, two garlic cloves, and one teaspoon of cayenne pepper with three cups of water. Let this mixture sit overnight and then strain the liquid into a spray bottle. This solution is good for one week if you store it in the fridge. You can spray it on to your plants without the risk of damaging their growth and health.
Protect your crops
You can protect your crops by building wire cages around them. This will cost you a little money, and you may need to hire a gardener to do it. If you prefer to do it yourself, make sure you are wearing protective gloves and use a bolt cutter to snip cross-wires. Build them tall enough so that the pests couldn’t enter and climb over them, but not too high if you wish to harvest crops. If large crosses don’t work, try getting smaller cross-wires so that the pests can’t get through it.
Call pest control
If dealing with pests yourself is the last thing you want to do, or you’ve tried all the tricks and none of them work, you can call pest control. Pest control has professionals that knows how to get rid of every single type of pests. They have their own equipment, and you can even request for them to not kill the pests and just drive them away. They can install cages around your plants, and other protective procedures necessary to keep pests away. There are pest control services in Saratoga Springs just one call way, so it is easy to have them come over as quick as you will. They don’t charge that much, but you do need to call them again at least once every six months for maintenance. It is a worthy investment if you’ve got a large garden that keeps being raided by pests.