A Few Words About Strategy

The pest control portion of the catalog consists of seven sections arranged in an order that takes a stepped approach to pest control. First, find out what the problem is and why you have it. Second, use the appropriate level of control. Finally, evaluate your solution and determine what may have caused the problem. This final step of evaluation can lead you toward preventative actions to avoid the same problems in the future.

Pest Control Sections

• Monitoring Tools ­ Learn from the plants and the soil.
• Insect Traps and Lures ­ Traps can be a solution in themselves or be used to determine when to spray.
• Beneficial Insects ­ Good bugs that are hungry for bad bugs.
• Soaps, Oils and Minerals ­ Least toxic sprays.
• Biological Pest Control ­ Pest specific bacterium controls garden troublemakers.
• Botanical Pest Control ­ Plant derived bug controls.
• Animal Control ­ I know I'm smarter than that woodchuck!