You've taken the time and put in the right additives to create your organic garden, now it's time for some organic gardening pest control.

We want to keep our organic garden's free from harmful pests that can damage our plants such as cutworms and beetles and more. There are many natural everyday ingredients that we can use to keep our plants free from pests without using harmful toxic ingredients that not only seep into our vegetables and plants but harm the environment as well.

Organic Gardening Pest Control can be utilized by bringing good bugs to your garden. Good bugs are beneficial to your garden and can help control infestation of bad bugs, which can destroy your garden and hard work. The Lady Bug is the most commonly known "good bug" for your garden. The lady bug feeds on aphids, chinch bugs, whiteflies, and mites, as well as many other soft-bodied insects and their eggs. Cryptolaemus Beetles resembles the Ladybug but is darker in color. After the adults are released into the garden they will immediately seek out mealy bugs and consume them. Wasps and bees are also important to our organic gardens. You can actually purchase "good bugs" to help keep your control pests in your garden.

Have you wondered why Marigolds are suggested keep the bugs out of your organic garden?

Because some plants attract the good bugs, who eat the bad bugs! These are some suggestions of plants to attract the good bugs to use as organic gardening pest control.

* Alyssum
* Butterfly weed
* Caraway
* Clover
* Coriander
* Dill
* Fennel
* Marigolds
* Nasturtiums
* Wild carrot
* Yarrow

You can also easily make a mixture of ingredients that you already have in your home to rid your organic garden of unwanted pests.

Crush garlic, peppers, cayenne pepper mix with 1 gallon of water, shake well and spray on the effected plants. Vegetable Oil and Tea work great as well.

Egg shells will help keep the slugs out.

Dishwashing soaps natural garden pesticides - mix some drops of dishwashing liquid soap into the water and mix it well by shaking well and then you need to apply on the effected plants.

If you need something stronger but still organic check out Arbico Organics.

One of my favorite resources is Organic Gardening for Beginners, which is a downloadable book jammed packed from cover to cover with all the newest organic gardening tips and a step by step process that will have your organic garden thriving in no time without the pests.