Where can I find home remedies for lawn and pest control?
Your local public library should be well-stocked with books on gardening. Most of the books published in the past decade or so promote non-chemical approaches to lawn care and pest control, be they insect or vermin. Most books written over twenty years ago will promote chemical treatments more heavily. Another source of supply can be found at garden centres, which sell all kinds of suitable publications. Lawn care, for example, can be accomplished by judicious fertilization, hand-weeding, hand-picking insects, not cutting the grass too short (a common problem), seeding with different varieties of grasses, and many other methods. A healthy lawn can leave little room for weeds to grow. There are many pest control methods, including hand-picking, careful planting of different plants (i.e., using one plant variety to protect another or to keep pests away), and the use of botanical insecticidal soaps and sprays. Identifying pests correctly is an important part of controlling them. Many trea
