What's up everyone? Welcome back to the Epic Gardening Podcast. Today we are talking about five

different recipes all natural that you can use to control pests in your garden and

you can kind of think of these as the

classic vibe things that you should try before you try any more extreme methods.

So not all things that are natural are necessarily better, not all things that are

synthetic are necessarily worse, however this episode is going to talk about quote-unquote

natural remedies that you can use.

These are pretty simple, easy to make, relatively cheap as well.

So let's go ahead and get into it.

The first one is going to be a classic baking soda pesticide. So here this is just a multi-purpose garden remedy.

It's very inexpensive and it's safe to use in almost all instances.

So what you're going to do is you're going to mix a cup of

water, a third a cup of olive oil or any type of cooking oil, and then one

teaspoon of baking soda. So you just want to mix that thoroughly, shake it very well, put it in a spray bottle. It will do pretty well against

aphids, spider mites, and white flies, but it does not harm beneficial insects. Now you can try a lot of different methods for this so you can

sprinkle baking soda lightly and just occasionally around flower beds to

discourage rabbits. You can eliminate outdoor ants when they're in their mounds by sprinkling baking

soda on the ground. You can get rid of backyard slugs. Just sprinkle baking

soda directly over the plants. As soon as the slugs crawl over that, they will

dry up quickly. Those are just some baking soda specific things you can do. But the second

recipe we're going to get into is a homemade insecticidal soap. This one you need a gallon of water, two

tablespoons of olive oil or any type of vegetable oil, and five tablespoons of a

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