Sentence examples for garden pests from inspiring English sources

At the University of Victoria in British Columbia, engineering students charged with the problem of deterring garden pests came up with the Garden Gnome Drone, a small but noisy machine that rises off its landing pad when infrared sensors detect an intruder, then flies a quick pattern around the garden before settling back down in its place.

Most home and garden pests can be controlled without pesticides.

In general, tulips are remarkably free from attack by garden pests.

Boldest are those who admit to killing garden pests simply because they are annoying.

And a handy reference list of garden pests helps identify troubling bugs and blight, with advice on eradicating them.

Top 5 Garden Pests 1. Slugs and snails Eat a huge range of plants, especially hostas, potato tubers and narcissus.

But the thing guaranteed to incense them more than anything else is the blight of the persistent, uninvited garden pest.

The Phillies, meanwhile, are in desperate need of a Plan B, writes Rich Hofmann in The Philadelphia Daily News, which may or may not include a garden pest.

The chief naysayer is his brother, Chet Paul Giamattii), who makes a persuasive case against the idea that a garden pest might do something like compete in the Indianapolis 500.

They are also widely used on landscaping plants and urban trees and in numerous home garden pest-control products — all in places frequented by bees, domesticated and wild.

East Lancashire Online Gnome man's land The North Devon Express has launched a gnome hotline in attempt to put an end to an unexpected garden pest - a burgeoning population of gnomes in the garden of a Lynton homeowner.