Garden - Friend or Foe?

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This white grub will become a beetle in time. This time of the year he is waiting well burrowed in the earth. Come spring he'll want to eat the roots of plants. Not a friend of the garden. I founded several in my garden areas as I'm making them ready for spring. I served an eviction notice and good riddance.
 
There are insecticides which I don't plan on using.

There are natural ways as well Among these are
  • Frequent tilling of your garden especially in the fall and spring.
  • You can use a food grade fine powder of Diatomaceous Earth that scrapes the skin of these grubs
  • A dish soap mixed with water
  • crushed garlic is suppose to work
I'm sure there are other means as well.
 
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This white grub will become a beetle in time. This time of the year he is waiting well burrowed in the earth. Come spring he'll want to eat the roots of plants. Not a friend of the garden. I founded several in my garden areas as I'm making them ready for spring. I served an eviction notice and good riddance.

The thing about white grubs is when they die, their family doesn't have to worry about them because they're already buried.
l😎l!
 
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