SFF - Conservation Initiative, Inc.

Pesticides may get rid of all the little bugs you don't want in your garden, but they're also harmful to the pollinators you do want. To keep your garden safe from pests without harming pollinators, you can try some of these pest-control alternatives in your garden:

Hand-Picking: Reduce pest populations by removing them by hand.

Physical Barriers: Use row covers or copper tape to keep pests away from your plants.

Companion Planting: Plant herbs and flowers like marigolds, basil, and lavender to naturally repel pests in your vegetable garden.

Mulching: suppress w**ds and create a habitat for beneficial insects. As the desirable native plants grow, their shade will start to reduce w**d growth and will fill in to create Green Mulch.