Help? Pests???

Question

Okay, for my science homework I need to find ways on how to eliminate pests without using chemicals and hurting ourselves. Do you have any ideas of ways or any websites that might help me? Please help?? A.S.A.P!!!

Answer 1

Diatomaceous earth is a common, environmentally-friendly and safe product that is used for a variety of insect pests.
In the garden, companion planting means planting unpleasant (to bugs, anyway!) plants next to the ones they like. For example, marigolds or chrysanthemums next to tomatoes.
Ladybugs will eat aphids. Centipedes eat cockroaches.
Spraying plants with a stream of water will knock them off the plants.
For mice/rats/etc., there are traps that don't kill them. It just catches them inside so you can release the creature outdoors.
If you Google any of the above suggestions, you can get more info. :)

Answer 2

a GOOD START IS TO PLANT diversity ,and to encourage birds to be around

IN AFRICA we had camelions in the kitchen to keep down the flies

In Mexico we got a sort of small lizard that lives on the wall ,and sit near the lamps ,and eat mosquitos all night,

in the mango orchards we release laboratory bred wasps to attack and kill the caterpillars that go for the mangos

there are small chickens, called a silky or bantom or chaparito which are all small chickens that do not scratch ,but run after ,jumping and walking insects,they take care of about 70 percent of all garden pests.

feasants,guinyfowel,partridge will do the same work
iguanas kill grashoppers and all kinds of flying insects

birds we also dont kill
when the passion fruit is ripe ,a little black caterpiller comes and wants to destroy them,luckely a little finch type bird turns up and eats the black caterpillars.

In Mexico we have let mazacoas,which are, python type snakes in to the garden to take care of the rats.
InAfrica we released mole snakes into the garden and field to combat the plagues of Norwegian rats that were destroying the fields

ant eaters and armadillos take care of leafcutting ants that can destroy a large tree in a week.and eat beatles and such

potbelly pigs and deer and normal pigs are good in an orchard because they eat fallen rotting fruit which breeds a lot of small flies.

in our water reservoirs we put fish to eat the mosquito larvas.

i have bred tree frogs from eggs and released them in the garden to eat mosquitos and horse flies.

you can keep a barrel of water and trow in everybodies sigarette buts
this can be used for getting rid of ants

a mixture of green liquid soap with garlic and terpentine also gets rid of a lot of leaf eating pests

Lavendal is good for moulds
and there is a great variety of weeds that acts as pest repellents when ground up (such as Khki boss in South africa )
Marigolds and similar looking flowers around vegetable keep bugs a way

so does garlic ,mint ,spring onions ,oregano ,t5hyme
when planted near Tomatoes

a positive philosiphy with lots of Info is Permaculture ,
and there must be lots of info on the net on organic pest control

Answer 3

sorry no specific websites come to mind. But if you search for household uses of herbs you should come up with many herbs that can be used to repel pests.

Answer 4

I have found borax acid excellent for cock roaches . It is not poisonous to us and our pets.
Banana peels is good to get rid of flees.

Answer 5

Best site ever!

http://www.ipm.ucdavis.edu

It is very clear, informative and is peer reviewed from a university (meaning it is verified and good).