I don't use pesticides in my home garden.
Home gardens are usually labor intensive.
In addition to producing fruits, vegetables or ornamentals, people often garden for enjoyment and exercise. If a pest invades your garden patch, you can pick it off, pull it up, or do nothing and hope it will go away. Commercial agriculture is a for profit business. Chemical pest control plays a major role in modern agriculture, and has contributed to dramatic increases in crop yields over the past four decades for most field, fruit and vegetable crops. Pesticides have enabled some growers to produce some crops profitably in otherwise unsuitable locations, extend growing seasons, maintain product quality and extend shelf life.