How to Keep Pests Out of your Garden, 5 Tips for Organic Pest Control

Don't let pests and disease rob you from a good garden harvest. Today I will share with you my best 5 tips to keep pests out of your garden.

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[goodpeoplefrost]

After learning a lot from you I’m happy to be able to teach you something hahaha you should always release the ladybugs at night because they don’t leave their habitats at night and many will stay where you want them to if released at night. During the day a good amount will fly off elsewhere! Apparently after establishing their “bed” the first night they’ll make that area their home...cheers!

[BlueGardenCottage]

Just thought I'd let you know...I tried your painted stones idea around my strawberries. The fact that in the last two and a half weeks, I harvested 19.75kg from my front garden proves that it absolutely worked!

[jenniferanderson]

How cute Tuck was under the big leaves🐾🐞🥕

[rivrrrat]

These videos make me want to grow a Yorkie.

[DiaryErnesstaDiAustralia]

So lucky to find this chanel a year ago and took it into action. I started it with couple pot of veggies, now I have 5 established raised garden bed 🥦🌱🐞
Some fruit trees, citrus start to produce and the rest go dormant (as it's close to winter here down under) 😅
Got 1 worm bin, 3 chicken & 4 quails that keep giving me eggs and free fertilizer.
Never aiming to fully self- sustainable, but I am so grateful to have what I have now. Especially during this pandemic. *best time to plant yhe tree is 7 years ago, the second best time to plant it today* 🙏 James & Tuck 👩‍🌾🐝

[k.sullivan]

BIG ADVICE ON PEST CONFUSION: Make your garden beds and raised beds circular and tell the pests to go eat in the corner!

[kated]

First year we moved into our house, the first rainy day revealed the ungodly amount of slugs and earwigs invading our modest terrain. Gardening was a futile nightmare that summer. There were also tons of mice around the house, many of which kept getting into our walls.
Previous owner would diligently clean all of the fallen leaves, including the small wooded sections and secluded corners. Bf and I turned out less zealous and left the leaves alone in those areas. The following year those leave beds began crawling with an army of shrews.
Slugs and earwigs are now a rare sight when I garden, and the mice mostly vanished. Now I leave strategic ''leaf bridges'' around the house so that the few remaining shrews (most of them left after the bug invasion was taken care of) can comfortably remain hidden while patrolling around the sensitive areas I need them to.
Wonderful little garden allies these guys are!

[bruceleong]

Love the pro-active v reactive approach. And Tuck cooling off under the lettuce leaf has got to be the cutest thing I’ve seen on YouTube.

[raceface_m]

Release the ladybugs in either dusk or dawn, so that they’ll stay in your garden and not just fly away.
These are really great natural tips!

[roberts]

I have been making habanero pepper tea and spraying on flowers and plants before they fruit. Deer hate it, small animals too.

[TruthAndLight]

Absolutely! When we first put down a garden on our rural property, NOTHING touched it. We had zero safeguards. We were naive and the wildlife gave us a break for 2 years. After that, it was ON! The deer, the groundhogs, the field mice, the rabbits, the birds, the bugs. . . I almost gave up!

[donnarichey]

I would hang or put irish spring soap and I cook hot peppers, onions, garlic and strain and let eggs sit in a gallon of this stuff till its stinky, put around plants.

[pamelaadams]

Omg, look at Tuck resting in the shade! How cute!

[jerseygirlvet]

I just learned “A LOT” with this video, every time I saw any bug I would loose my mind and my first reaction is to kill them. Didn’t know lady bugs were good. I get a lot of them. Thanks. By the way, your garden looks great. My biggest pain in the *** are chipmunks and squirrels.

[ghhehxusjsush]

21 fruit trees planted and 20+ yards of wood chips since I started watching your channel James thanks for the inspiration!!

[robertpecora]

Thank you, James. Your skilled teaching and experience have been a great help for me as I begin my first vegetable garden at age 72. Congratulations on your fine work!

[betsywyatt]

We spray painted and added black dots. The kids had so much fun!! They loved placing them in our strawberries ♡

[caballefam]

An electric fence is a must for us to get rid of the wild pigs and my husband also made a big bird cutout made of metal that he painted black and a bit of white to imitate the real bird and hang it in a pole over the garden, so it looks like a big birs flying and this is effective in scaring the small birds that are already starting to eat the cherries and we also put annet around the fruiting cherry trees, but despite the net, the birds still find their way. But atleast they're still enough left for us compared to last year.

[jeffgavioli]

James,
You are definitely an inspiration. My blossoming family (I am 36, wife is 33, baby girl is 4 months) just purchased a 1 acre property in MA (both grew up nearby) and I am using the lockdown to begin building us a self sustainable type property where we can try and live off the grid as much as possible. We get an abundance of sun exposure here during the day, especially in the backyard area where I am starting with a series of raised vegetable gardens. We are starting with essentially a blank canvas in the yard, with fairly rocky terrain, and I am finding guidance in your videos. You give great detail and show everyone that they can do it too.
Thanks for putting the extra effort in to share your work with us. It's very easy to just do your own thing and not try to help others.
Looking forward to future videos.

Jeff G.
Ludlow, MA

[tanarehbein]

One of your most practical videos. I planted two 10' low hoop tunnels in early spring with beautiful cool weather plant starts. In one weekend the voles mice and a mole wiped it all out. I guess they thought in was a cozy spring shelter too. Great to be encouraged by your positive attitude even when your hard work is destroyed.