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Gardening and pest control is at least as old as agriculture. This industry is expanding at a phenomenal rate. 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. Desert or the woods where people want to live. It's their home, and you're building in it - the pests are the ones who live here. Only when they enter your home are they labeled as pests

What is home pest control and horticulture all about?

Essentially it means decreasing or eliminating pests. 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. That can sometimes spill over into the house as well, but by and large, it's the garden we're talking about here.

Protecting the plants in your garden must be done in order to have healthy produce results. It is often ignored until pests and their damage are discovered or it has got out of hand. There are numerous things you can do to efficiently correct the issue.

What do you need to do to get rid of the pests in the Garden?

Understandably, most homeowners take care of handling home pest control on their own. Well that's fair enough - up to a point. Gardening pest control is like visiting the doctor: to prescribe effective treatment your physician must correctly diagnose the problem and determine the extent of the injury as well as the potential for further injury. Through surveys, it has been discovered that homeowners often don't read the instructions carefully or they alter them in ways they think will better solve their problem.

As a result, insecticide will be applied in too high a concentration, which may be dangerous for you or your houseguests. Of course we are specifically referring to chemicals, as chemical pest control is still the predominant type of pest control today. Persistent use of chemicals has had a detrimental effect on the environment and this has led, at the close of the past century, to a renewed interest in more traditional methods of pest control.

For those who don't do DIY gardening and pest control, there is the option of monthly visits from your local pest control company. One of the benefits of having monthly pest control is that somebody should be checking out your house and garden  on a regular basis for pest . One drawback to having monthly pest control is that homeowners insist that the PCOs give a monthly chemical treatment whether there is pest problem present or not .

The facts of pesticide use in the home and garden are very surprising:

1. Pesticides of 67 million pounds are used on lawns each year.

2. If you have a surburban lawn it is likely that you are using a far higher amount of pesticides than would be received on the average agricultural garden

Please use any kind of pesticide with greatest caution. There are are insects which are a help in keeping the pests in check and the fear is you may kill them. If the pests should return, you may have to spray additional times in the future. Further, various bugs contribute to plant pollination which helps your garden thrive and flourish. Really powerful insecticides, such as malathion or carbaryl, are not a good idea. While these may seem to help, they actually provide only temporary control and kill more of the natural predators than the pests you are trying to eliminate. With their natural enemies eliminated, pest populations will rapidly multiply and you could end up with a bigger problem than you had before.

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. The US Geological Survey finds a large variety of chemical gardening products-- especially weed killers-- in bodies of water near population centers, leaving no doubt that chemical products are harmful to the environment.

It's shocking to some people who feel we cannot live without these pest control methosds.

Gardening and Natural Home Pest Control

We believe the logical approach to gardening and pest control is to create a balance of organisms in your yard or garden. Using chemical pesticides is more costly and potentially harmful, while natural pest control offers safety for your garden and the local floral and fauna.

Some things that may help with pest control:

1. Things you could try include traps, barries and row covers.

2. There are a variety of plants that provide both pollen and nectar constantly. Planting these will attract 'good' bugs to your garden.

3. By preventing pests from gaining access to your plants you are preventing their potential damage. When the number of pests is small, you can often get rid of the problem by simply taking them somewhere else.

So, you are not alone, this is obviously a problem encountered by a vast number of people. Hundreds upon hundreds of people around the globe that are also searching for solutions to home pest control, so we hope that this has been useful to you.