It’s important to protect your lawn from pests in Marlborough, MA. Otherwise, they could invade and ruin your grass. However, it’s important to avoid using chemical based pesticides. Recent studies show that local property owners use three (3) times the amount of chemical based pesticides to protect their lawns from pests than farmers do each year. This has a significantly negative impact on local wildlife. It also contaminates the surface water and local water sources. In essence, chemical pesticides tend to cause harm to more than your target pest species, including your pests’ natural predators.
Since chemical pesticides are man-made, nature can’t always break them down, so they accumulate in the food chain and magnify in strength up the food chain causing detrimental effects to consumer species. In addition, many pest species develop a tolerance to pesticides over time, just like humans do with antibiotics. The bottom line is that chemical pesticides provide short-term benefits, but have long-term consequences.
Protect Your Lawn From Pests By Preventing Them From Visiting
A healthy garden requires rich soil with native plants suited to the environmental conditions of your location. This will reduce the chance of pathogens infecting the plant through their roots. In essence, healthy plants can naturally defend themselves from pests and the elements. In order to accomplish that you need to remove plants that are dying since decomposition can attract pests. In addition, healthy, aerated soils have lots of organic matter, which will attract soil-dwelling insects like worms and beetles that churn and aerate the soil as they move through it. This action produces healthy plants, reducing the chances of them decomposing.
Protect Your Lawn From Pests By Using Natural Methods
Did you know that you can use seaweed (in a mulch or spray) to support healthy plant development and protect your plants from slugs. You can also use clean mulch to protect your garden soil, keeping it cool and moist, because most root activity occurs close to the soil surface. Straw, spoiled hay, grass clippings, bark mulch, wood shavings, and leaves are perfect. You can also purchase organic pest control solutions that will kill the pest without causing damage to your lawn, your family, your pets, and the environment.
Protect Your Lawn From Pests By Attracting Beneficial Insects
All lawn pests have natural predators because they are primary consumers. That means you should attract these predators to your lawn by planting certain flowering plants. It will significantly reduce the damage caused by pests. The bottom line is that you’re utilizing the natural order of the food chain. For example, nutrients and energy pass through more consumers, supporting more life and storing carbon, before it is returned to the soil to be re-used by plants.
If you’re interested in getting more information about protecting your lawn from pests in Marlborough, MA or would like to schedule an initial consultation please contact The Veron Company today. We will provide you with the best advice about how to properly take care of your landscaping on a year-round basis. Hiring a professional will go a long way in helping you avoid mistakes that waste a great deal of time and money. In addition, we have the ability to properly evaluate your property and truly understand the steps that it takes to complete the project on time and on budget.
Please contact The Veron Company today with any and all questions about our vast array of home services, and your landscape design needs. We have a full crew of trained and experienced professionals to handle the job for you. Our company has been concentrating on maximizing your home’s potential since 1982.
