Planting your own vegetable garden takes much work, planning, and preparation of the soil.Planting your own vegetable garden takes a lot of work, planning, and preparation of the soil.Using herbs and flowers around the boarder of your garden can act as a natural barrier.Using herbs and flowers around the boarder of your plot can act as a natural insecticide.

Lavender is one of the herb families that can deter pests in your garden.Lavender may be planted in both the spring and fall, it has long stems, and narrow green leaves.It has long stems and narrow green leaves and one can plant this in the spring and again in the fall.Humans love the fragrance, but garden pests cannot tolerate it, making this an excellent choice for your organic garden and also for drying and placing in drawers to repel moths all year long.

Basil is another herb that acts as a natural insecticide.Sweet basil is also said to have traditional medicinal value and the oil from the plant has antibacterial properties.This is one of the most popular and used herb of the organic garden.Basil also has traditional medicinal usage.For the organic gardener, you will definitely want to plant some sweet basil in your garden.

Another herb that has the reputation of being a natural insecticide is sweet basil.A chive has a grassy type of foliage with a rounded flower head.It has the reputation of repelling insects naturally, which includes the Japanese beetle along with carrot rust flies.The chive can be used straight out of the garden, or you can dry the leave for later use in your cooking.You can use chives right out of the garden or again, take and dry the leaves for use later.

If you are successful in planning your organic garden, and utilizing herbs for natural insecticide, you may not need any other repellents.Should one of those unwelcome pests visit, there are also ways to spray your garden naturally.One of the most popular sprays will include your favorite dish soap.It is suggested to spray the area at least weekly with this mixture.You can mix the soap and water and safely spray the area, or if you have a large garden, put the dish soap into a sprayer that hooks into your garden hose.