Old School Gardening
How & Why Beneficial Gardening works
Surprisingly simple.
By selecting the right plants that radiate colour and aroma by using mixed edible herbs, native flowers and ground covers, with deep rooted plants, you will create confusion for insects that wish to munch on and damage your garden these same plants will confuse these insects with sight and smell masking,
All while Helpful insects like Ladybugs, Green Lacewings, Assassin Bugs, Birds, lizards, stingless bees will be drawn to your garden by these same plants.
These good insects and native fauna do all the hard work by pollinating your garden to produce flower and fruits, they live on and eradicate garden pest like mosquitoes,aphids,caterpillars,spiders and moths which damage the health and foliage of your garden; and this is all happening while you are having a sleep in on a sunday or at work.
By adding ground covers and small trees will soften the landscape, hold moisture in, suppress weeds, and add structure, texture while cooling and shading your home. Working with nature and not against will bring a beautiful ecological system, that will add real value to your property.
There are many good reasons why you should think about developing the simple ecology of a beneficial garden in your space over time.
Don't fight against Nature Work with it and find the balance again as we did one generation ago before the Chemical industries came into the commercial picture.
Solution: the balance of Nature.