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-# Natural pest & weed control+This topic is part of [[gt:gardening|Gardening, smallholding & farming]]. 
 +====== Natural pest & weed control ======
  
  
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-## What is natural pest & weed control?+===== What is natural pest & weed control? =====
  
 Natural pest and weed control means using non-synthetic methods to prevent or kill weeds and pests in the garden. For example, instead of using glyphosate weedkiller ('Roundup') to tame an overgrown allotment, you could cover the soil with cardboard and straw for a few months. Or instead of spraying fruit trees to kill aphids, you could put up bird boxes in or near them and let the birds do the work for you. Natural pest and weed control means using non-synthetic methods to prevent or kill weeds and pests in the garden. For example, instead of using glyphosate weedkiller ('Roundup') to tame an overgrown allotment, you could cover the soil with cardboard and straw for a few months. Or instead of spraying fruit trees to kill aphids, you could put up bird boxes in or near them and let the birds do the work for you.
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-## What are the benefits of natural pest & weed control?+===== What are the benefits of natural pest & weed control? =====
  
 - Synthetic pesticides and weedkillers are poisonous, and therefore risky things to have around our homes, gardens and farms. - Synthetic pesticides and weedkillers are poisonous, and therefore risky things to have around our homes, gardens and farms.
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-## What can I do?+===== What can I do? =====
  
 Here's some more reading - from the [Henry Doubleday Association (now Garden Organic)](https://cms.lowimpact.org/wp-content/uploads/pests-doubleday.pdf) and from [South Carolina State](https://cms.lowimpact.org/wp-content/uploads/sg_part4.pdf) in the US. Here's some more reading - from the [Henry Doubleday Association (now Garden Organic)](https://cms.lowimpact.org/wp-content/uploads/pests-doubleday.pdf) and from [South Carolina State](https://cms.lowimpact.org/wp-content/uploads/sg_part4.pdf) in the US.
  
-### Controlling pests+==== Controlling pests ====
  
 First, make sure you are practising good [soil management](/soil/soil), because vigourous, healthy plants growing in healthy, well-managed soil are much less susceptible to pests. First, make sure you are practising good [soil management](/soil/soil), because vigourous, healthy plants growing in healthy, well-managed soil are much less susceptible to pests.
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 And finally, you can make a scarecrow or hang old CDs near to your baby brassicas to scare off pigeons. And finally, you can make a scarecrow or hang old CDs near to your baby brassicas to scare off pigeons.
  
-### Controlling weeds+==== Controlling weeds ====
  
 There are plenty of better, safer alternatives to using synthetic weedkillers. There are plenty of better, safer alternatives to using synthetic weedkillers.
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-## Further resources+===== Forum ===== 
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 +This topic belongs to the section [[gt:gardening|Gardening, smallholding & farming]]. You can ask questions or add information on the corresponding [Forum section](https://forum.growingthecommons.org/t/gardening). 
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 +===== Further resources =====
  
 - [Naturally repelling slugs](http://lowimpactorg.onyx-sites.io/posts/stop-slugs-allotment-garden-naturally) - [Naturally repelling slugs](http://lowimpactorg.onyx-sites.io/posts/stop-slugs-allotment-garden-naturally)
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 +===== Related topics =====
  
-## Related topics+- [[nuts:nuts|Nuts & nut trees]] 
 +- [[soil:Soil|Soil management]] 
 +- [[vegg:Vegetable growing]] 
 +- [[smho:Smallholding]] 
 +- [[soft:Soft fruit]] 
 +- [[frui:Fruit trees|Fruit trees & orchards]] 
 +- [[herb:Herbs]] 
 +- [[pond:Ponds]] 
 +- [[wiga:Wildlife gardening]] 
 +- [[urbs:small-space gardening|Urban / small-space gardening]]
  
  
-## Specialist curators of this topic+===== Specialist curators of this topic =====
  
  
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