13. Become Friends With Lacewings
Supplies required: Lacewings
Making It: $10–$15*
Aphids may be taking over your garden, in which case you may need to find some new friends. “The enemy of my enemy is my friend,” as the proverb says. Pet supply and garden stores carry lacewings.
Make friends with Lacewings.
Like ladybugs, lacewings consume aphids and pose no threat to your plants. Green lacewings are a “natural predator” of bothersome insects that will obliterate your plants, claims Preferred Pest Control. Just $14 will get you 1,000 lacewing eggs on Amazon (5,000 for $26).