What to do about bugs?

Question

how do i keep worms and bugs out from my garden with out hurting my pets that stay out side my plants are getting eating up and i have spiters too what can i do please help me

Answer 1

I have pets outside and used a powder in a can I shook over the leaves.  I think as you first apply it the can says to keep kids & animals away, but a month later, bugs are still gone and we feed the scrap pieces to our horses & they are ok (so far ha).

Answer 2

worms are good

Answer 3

You need the worms to aeriate your soil. They themselves will not be eating your plants. It you are overrun with them you could encourage bird feeding - keep feeders well high so pets cannot attack birds.

The birds will feed on worms and also snails, slugs, greenfly, blackfly, whitefly etc which DO destroy your plants.

Egg shells, clean & crushed, around the base of a plant will stop slugs & snails from attack.

Slug pellets, if you have pets, will harm them as well as birds.

Good luck. h