Encouraging nature into our gardens by growing insect-friendly flowers and following planet-friendly gardening practices is very on trend. But let’s be honest, nobody wants wasps or mosquitoes buzzing around them while eating supper alfresco, or to see carefully tended plants destroyed by slugs and aphids.
So how can we deter unwanted mini beasts from entering our yards without reaching for the chemical sprayer? Ideally, we should be growing a wide variety of plants in our yards as well as creating different habitats for wildlife. But no garden is perfect and sometimes a bug population takes over the show, becoming a nuisance.
