Grubs might be the cause. They eat grass roots, so the grass can’t absorb water from the soil. If you want to save your landscape, you have to learn how to get rid of grubs in your lawn. To tackle the problem, use chemical insecticides, beneficial nematodes, milky spore, neem oil,...
If you have a vegetable garden, berry bush, or fruit tree in your yard, it could be another major food source for your local raccoons. You probably don’t want to get rid of your garden just to prevent raccoons, but you can put up a barrier to keep them away. The most effective wa...
moles eat grubs; in fact, they’re great at helping to manage Japanese and oriental beetle populations. But, getting rid of grubs won’t necessarily get rid of moles. Instead, wiping out the
While most of their food is underground, removing fallen fruit from the garden can reduce the allure to armadillos. Areas with low-lying plants or ground covers are also favorites for burrowing activity. Prune up or remove ground covers in affected areas. ...
Moles living inyour lawncan lead to dead plants, mounds of piled soil and damage to the grass. These small creatures are not rodents but are as pesky as them. They feed on grubs, worms and other lawn insects. Maintaining a pest-free lawn will discourage moles from returning, but contrary...
If you are raising a pig or two, this method is a great way to allow them to do what comes naturally. Pigs love to dig and grub around in the earth. They will even dig up rocks so you can remove them from the garden area. ...
First come the Japanese beetle grubs (larvae), which damage grass when overwintering in the soil. The grubs feast on the roots of lawn grasses and garden plants. This can cause brown patches of dead or dying grass to form in the lawn, which will pull up easily thanks to the weakened ...
Plant disease-resistant varieties, rotate crops each year, and keep the garden free of debris to cut back the incidence of disease. Remove and destroy infected plants immediately. Black rot, also called blackleg, clubroot, and yellows are fungal diseases that can attack cabbage Blackleg leaves...
Not to be confused with moles, voles are rodents but they are neither blind nor deaf. Also dubbed “meadow mice” and “field mice” (although the latter is a totally different animal), voles feed on plants, while moles eat insects, earthworms, and grubs. Resembling pocket gophers, voles...
The larvae hatching from the eggs look like white grubs and have a darker and hardened head capsule. They go through six instars during the larval stage, growing up to 9.5 mm long during the final instar. It takes around 45 days for the larvae to be ready to pupate or enter dormancy....