Beneficial Insects

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One of the newer things I've tried in my garden is beneficial insects. Beneficial nematodes can be ordered online for in-store pickup or delivery to your home. The types I use come in a sponge, but they also come in what looks like a powder form. You just walk around your garden and yard spraying the nematodes in a water solution onto the soil and grass outside the hottest hours of the day. The beneficial nematodes will then eat fleas and problem garden bugs without the use of toxic chemicals. They start working right away and multiply quickly. At about #20, they're a great value in organic pest control for the garden. Blue metallic wasps are another beneficial insect. They eat caterpillars, and thus protect your plants' leaves. And the fig wasp is the only way for fig trees to become pollinated. So beneficial insects are great to have around your garden.