You're listening to the Joe Gardner Show, the podcast all about gardening, where we cover

everything you need to know to grow like a pro, no experience required.

And now here's your guide, National Gardening Television Host, and the Joe Behind Joe Gardner,

Joe Lample.

Hi everybody, this is Joe Lample, the Joe Behind Joe Gardner, and welcome to the Joe

Gardner Show.

You know, I don't think we can have too many conversations on how to attract beneficial

insects, or in at least understanding how they do what they do, so we can create a more

inviting and hospitable environment for them to do the lion's share of our pest control

for us naturally.

And the science behind all of this is fascinating, at least to me, but I know it is for many

of you as well.

And thankfully, that's certainly the case for our returning guest today, Jessica Walliser.

She loves insects and bugs maybe more than anyone else I know.

And thankfully, she's written several books about them, including attracting beneficial

bugs to your garden, subtitled, a natural approach to pest control.

Now the original version of that book came out in 2014, and we interviewed Jessica about

that book early on in this podcast series, which was roughly four years ago.

But since then, there's been a lot of new information and research findings, and we're

learning what gardeners really want to know about is how to work with what they already

have in their gardens to attract more beneficials without having to make a lot of changes or

additions.

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