How to Keep Your Lawn Healthy without Using Pesticides?

We don’t have to tell you how irritating pests on your property can be if you have dealt with them before. Over the course of a few days, these plants can cause damage to your landscape or garden, and depending on where you live, there could be quite a few of them. At the end of the season, patchy grass is caused by birds flying into and eating the seeds you just distributed in early spring. They will return any fruits or vegetables from your garden.

Burrowing holes in your lawn and damaging your roots is a possibility for the Gophers, groundhogs, moles, and other underground mammals. During the night, rabbits and rats will come out to eat your plants, and deer will eat your grass on their way to eat your flowers and shrubs.

Whether you are dealing with one pest during a particular season or with several pests at different times of the year, one question arises. What steps can you take to protect your landscape from animals that want to destroy it?

Pesticides and Poisons have Three Major Disadvantages

Spreading poisonous bait or applying pesticides to your lawn and plants is the typical method for pest control. There are four major drawbacks to the poison/pesticide approach:

• Long-term effectiveness. Pesticides are intended to kill animals, not to deter them. Killing animals does not work for long-term pest control, which is why you have to keep poisoning new animals as they appear, even if you have ethical concerns.
• Environmental damage. The environment is harmed by many poisons and pesticides. If you use them regularly, they can cause lasting damage to your local flora and fauna by disrupting ecosystems, changing soil composition, and spreading through groundwater.
• Health concerns. Both humans and animals are affected by many common pesticides and poisons. Spreading poison around your property is not something you want if you spend a lot of time in your yard or have pets or children.
• Protected species. Poisoning a protected species unwelcome guest will result in further harm to the population and may result in hefty penalties. Even if you plan to poison an unprotected animal, like a rabbit or bird, your bait could attract endangered animals.

Pests can be effectively controlled without the use of pesticides and poisons. They pose a danger to your health and the environment, and they don’t perform well over time. Using a different method to protect your lawn and garden is a better option.