Raised Vegetable Garden

The beginning of your raised vegetable garden is bliss. Pest control for the first year is minimal. However, over time gophers and other wild life find out about this garden heaven and move in. There are several remedies to having your pests move out of your raised vegetable garden. What will work for you?

Home remedies are fine but pests over time will just learn to live with it. In my case poisons are not an option! They pollute the environment and our wonderful vegetables. The best way to attack this problem is with physical barriers. Half inch thick hardware clothe lining under the raised vegetable garden and on the sides will provide a safe and effect method of fighting off pests. This will even keep mice out of your raised vegetable garden.

Building a raised vegetable garden is by far the only method I use to protect my crop from rabbits, mice, gophers and other wildlife.

You can also protect it from above by extending one inch chicken wire over your raised vegetable garden. If you have melons plastic net bags do the trick. Melons can grow to full size in a net bag and stay protected.

I hope you found these tips helpful. Keep in mind these are only a few and I hope you have wonderful success with your raised vegetable garden.