People used to say”, the only good bug is a dead bug.” When
they went into their garden, they used chemicals to kill anything that
moved with the goal of making the area bug free.
We can’t do that today because most of those chemicals
have been found to be dangerous, either to us or to the environment,
and have been
taken off the market. But more important for our garden, we have found
that a balance of bugs, both good and bad is much better than no bugs
at all.
Now we know that it is better to work with Mother Nature instead of against
her. We know that almost all pests have natural enemies, which we usually
call beneficial insects. Our role is to let them do their job and give
them a little help when they need it. And the bad guys never build up a
resistance to being eater!
It’s actually good to have some pest bugs around
because they are the food source that attracts and keeps the beneficial
bugs in the garden.
Keeping a balance of good and bad bugs is the way that nature bas been
doing it for millions of years. When thing get out of balance and we
see our roses being eaten by a hoard of aphids, we bring the balance back
by introducing some Green Lacewings or ladybugs.
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