Pests, Weeds & Problems

How to control Slugs and Snails.

By Bunt

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To help you with the biggest garden pest; Slugs and Snails. For further information please visit www.companiongardening.net.. more »

How to Create an Allergy-Free Garden

By eHow Health Editor

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Love the look and smell of a garden? Can't do either because the pollen has blurred your vision and clogged your nose? Try an allergy-free garden... more »

How to Determine if a Snake Is Poisonous in North America

By eHow Home & Garden Editor

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Is that snake sunning itself in your backyard poisonous? If you live in North America, you are lucky because there are only two kinds of poisonous snakes indigenous to this area, the poisonous coral snake and the poisonous pit viper. Once you ... more »

How to EASILY Kill Ants Without Poison (Organically)

By Gump87

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This is how to easily kill an ant bed without poison with a common household item... more »

How to Eliminate Carpenter Ants

By eHow Home & Garden Editor

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Carpenter ant sitings in and around homes are very common. Often, homeowners notice only two or three foraging for food. However, if a homeowner notices twenty or more carpenter ants inside the home, a well established colony is suspected. These ... more »

How to Eliminate Cockroaches

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Cockroaches can become a problem in any location where food is prepared or stored. They are nasty little creatures that have been known to cause food poisoning and transmit diseases. Follow these steps to get rid of cockroaches... more »

How to Eliminate Fire Ants

By eHow Home & Garden Editor

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Fire ants are nasty little creatures that leave a painful sting. If you step into a fire ant nest without shoes, you'll be suffering for many days. Follow these steps to eliminate fire ants... more »

How to Eliminate Fruit Flies

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Summer bounties of fresh fruit and vegetables are on the horizon. Those pesky fruit flies always seem to show up and get on our nerves. Elminate them with a few easy steps... more »

How to Eliminate Gypsy Moths

By eHow Home & Garden Editor

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The gypsy moth (Lymantria dispar) is a moth of Eurasian origin that was introduced to North America in the 1860s. It has no natural enemies there and has been expanding its range ever since. The gypsy moth is now one of the worst pests of ... more »

How to Eliminate Outdoor Rats

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Just because you haven't seen a rat inside your house doesn't mean that they are not running around outside. If they are near your home, you may want to get rid of them before they try to get inside. Here are some tips on how to get rid of ... more »

How to Eliminate Spiders

By eHow Home & Garden Editor

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Spiders get a bad rap. They may look creepy, but are rarely a physical threat to humans and animals. They can even be beneficial in the home and garden since they eat insects, so you may actually want a few spiders about to help with pest ... more »

How to Eliminate Spring Weeds in a Vegetable Garden

By Willi Galloway

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Weeds are like obnoxious party crashers. They sneak into kitchen gardens, take up valuable soil space and rob vegetables of nutrients and water—eventually leaving you with smaller plants and reduced yields—not to mention a big clean up job at the ... more »

How to Encourage Vermin in Your Neighbor’s Yard

By Beren deMotier

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Sometimes it’s not enough to have the greener grass or newer car when a neighborly enmity goes unchecked; amp up your ammunition and launch a rodent invasion against your antagonistic neighbor, in his own backyard... more »

How to Extract a Yellow Jack Nest

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NOTE: This article is for informational purposes only and is not intended to be used in its present form (it is actually illegal). Therefore this article teaches what should NOT be done. Neither the entity nor staff of www.ehow.com, nor the ... more »

How to Garden in Hot Dry Climates

By Tom Morgan

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A desert climate is typically the most challenging climate to plant in. Plants that are tagged as drought-tolerant and sun-loving will still need some help in order to thrive... more »

How to Get Rid of Flies Around a Birdfeeder

By OutdoorWoman

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The most important step in eliminating flies is to eliminate their breeding source. If flies are breeding near the bird feeder, you should take steps to clean up the area, then perform routine maintenance to prevent their return. This should keep ... more »

How to get rid of a meddlesome squirrel living under the eaves

By vanston27

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Squirrels although cute and fluffy can cause all sorts of problems in residential attics. To start with some squirrels do carry disease including plague, rabies, and hanta virus. Squirrel hoarding of acorns, nuts, and seeds inside the home can ... more »

How to Get Rid of Dandelions

By Felicity

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If dandelions are proving a menace to your view of the lawn, here is a perfectly natural way to remove them... more »

How to Get Rid of Gophers and Moles Naturally

By BLC-Girl

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Gophers and moles can be murder to your yard and garden. You want them gone no matter what, right? But you also may be reluctant to use harsh chemicals or inhumane methods. I have found a natural and harmless way to rid your yard and garden of ... more »

How to Get Rid of Locusts in the Garden Organically

By eHow Home & Garden Editor

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Locusts are grasshoppers with short antennae. For this reason, they are also sometimes called short horned grasshoppers. For the most part, locusts live solitary lives; however, when locusts are overcrowded in the larva, or nymph, stage of ... more »

How to Get Rid of Raccoons

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If you have raccoons getting into your garbage, chimney or yard, there are ways to discourage them from coming on to your property and making a mess. Here are some of the ways you can keep raccoons out... more »

How to Get Rid of Tent Caterpillars

By *Janet Ford

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There are three equally annoying varieties of tent worms; Forest Tent, Eastern Tent and Gypsy Moth. Tent worms can cause major defoliation of deciduous trees (those that lose their leaves each fall), depending on the severity of outbreak. You ... more »

How to Get Rid of White Clovers Without Destroying the Lawn

By deepthinkin

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Here are some tips on how to organically control White Clover in your lawn... more »

How to Grow An Indoor Herb Garden

By spartica

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Do you have a green thumb but live in the middle of the city? Do you have a lack of space for your very own herb garden? Do you want to grow a year-round indoor herb garden. It's really easy, so don't despair. In fact, herbs are some of the ... more »

How to Have a Picture Perfect Lawn without the Backache

By grouch

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We all do it, every year we make that commitment to have a great lawn with plush green grass and every year you end up breaking your back once the weeds set in. There is a way to have a lush lawn and minimal turf care without a lawn service or ... more »

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