Reverse World - Gardens that Eat Insects!
Date: November 12, 2008 | Category: Cleaning, Featured, Kitchen, The Home
Managing pests like flies in the kitchen has been a challenge for more than one eco-minded housekeeper. If you have a fruit bowl, at some point you will likely have fruit flies buzzing around your kitchen. The flies are harmless but, frankly, watching them land on your beautiful farmer’s market finds can be a minor bummer.
The Insect Eating Garden from Gifts that Bloom is a Venus fly trap that makes a meal out of the little buggers. For just $12.99 it is about the same price as bug spray but without any harmful chemicals. Just add water and sunshine and at least one problem will be history.
NASA has proven that having plants indoors actually extracts pollutants from the air, which means this green insectivore will do double duty in the kitchen. Plus it provides hours of interest for budding scientists. Oxygen, entertainment and pest elimination all in one package - sounds like it’s time to pop open a green one!
Comments
Maria0Maria
Date: November 12th, 2008 at 7:33 am
Eco Friendly Pest Control Method…. I think we should promote these plants instead of using pesticides…
Truth
Date: November 12th, 2008 at 6:07 pm
Venus Fly traps make TERRIBLE pest control plants. Their jaws” can only close a certain number of times in a lifetime, and secondly, the environment they require is HIGHLY specific. Most would never survive a winter much farther north than San Fransisco unless put in a particular environment
Tina Maria
Date: November 13th, 2008 at 10:48 am
Looks cool. Another cool kit I found on line is the TickleMe Plant. It’s that crazy plant that closes its leaves when Tickled. It even flowers. No bugs required.
I found it at http://www.ticklemeplant.com
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