According to Dr. Michael Hansen of the Consumer's Union, pesticides pose significant health risks to you, your pets and the environment. According to Dr. Michael Hansen of the Consumers Union, pesticides pose significant health risks to you, your pets and the environment. Increasing beneficial insect numbers in your yard not only encourages healthy soil and pollination, but reduces the need for chemical pesticide applications. Plants in the parsley and sunflower families are good attractors, including chamomile, asters, dandelions, marigolds and most culinary herbs. Gardeners Supply and Nature's Control.
Beneficial nematodes are another excellent option for decreasing pesticide dependency.
The microscopic worms parasitize and consume pest larvae. Ordered from gardening suppliers like Arbico Environmental, nematodes are purchased according to the problem species. Bat houses are another excellent investment, for bats pollinate while consuming 3,000 insects per night, and love mosquitoes and other pests. DE is fossilized algae which dries out insects and larvae and is low in toxicity. House and fruit flies are attracted to the indoors because of food.