Bugs And Weeds Pest Prevention Principles and Practices
Bugs And Weeds Pest Prevention Principles and Practices Pest Prevention Program Pest prevention offers a viable option to standard pest control methods. It is cost-efficient. It is “green”. It is something you should already be doing for other reasons anyway. See Introduction to Bugs and Weeds Podcast What is pest prevention? Let’s start with a few definitions. They may seem overly simple but will help us to see what we are getting at. What is a pest? A pest can be anything that you wouldn’t want around, like bugs in your home, or weeds in your lawn or landscape. It is something that exists in a place where it does not belong. They are there for a reason that we may not immediately understand. To paraphrase Emerson: “Weeds are plants whose usefulness we have not yet determined.” Understanding why they are where they are will aid us in our attempt to prevent pests. For our purposes on this site, pests fall into two categories: Bugs, and weeds. What is a bug? Bugs are t...