Gardening for health
Our homes, gardens and allotments should be healthy places for ourselves, our families, our friends. Pesticide Action Network UK provide advice on how to keep YOUR environment free from pesticides.
Gardening Tips
Download our monthly pesticide-free gardening tips providing advice on growing vegetables without chemicals. These are for allotment gardeners but home gardeners may also find them useful. The tips provide guidance on sowing and planting times, tips on controlling pests organically, and relevant news items on home/garden pesticides. To receive an electronic copy at the beginning of each month send your email address to roslynmckendry@pan-uk.org
All published issues of Gardening Tips
can be downloaded below in PDF format. These files can be viewed with Adobe Reader.
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Pests in the Home factsheets: alternative methods to control pests
Pesticides are sold not only for use in our
gardens but also for use in our homes. PAN UK have factsheets on common pests encountered in the home or garden with advice on
how to discourage or eliminate them as safely as possible
Ants
l Bedbugs
l Carpets - toxic accumulation
l Cockroaches
l Dust mite
l Fleas
l Head lice
l Mosquitoes
and flies
l Rodents
l Slugs
l Timber
treatments
l Wasps
Pesticide disposal
Do you have any
old or unwanted pesticides? Many local councils have facilities for disposing
safely of these hazardous chemicals. Go to our new
database to find out what facilities are available in your area. Find out
more about why pesticide waste is a problem.
Home
and Garden Survey l Links
l Resources
For more information about this
project contact Roslyn
McKendry, National Project Officer at PAN UK
