Natural Pest Control Without The Need For Chemicals

Joannariver

12 years ago

<&excl;-- [if gte mso 9]&gt&semi;-->&NewLine;There are good reasons to avoid the use of chemicals to protect a home from pests&period; Science has proven that health suffers if you resort to using pesticides&period; Here are some natural steps you can use for effective pest control&period;&NewLine;<h3 class="MsoNormal" style="line-height&colon; 131&percnt;&semi; text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Close the Pathways Pests Take</h3>&NewLine;Regardless of which pests you face blocking their entry points is key&period; For smaller pests using caulk made out of silicone to seal any cracks or spaces that pests might use to enter your home&period;&NewLine;For larger pests, like rodents or racoons, use tough steel wood to fill suspected entry holes&period; Before placing the steel wool, tack a wire mesh on the inside of the hole&period; After the steel wool is placed cover the outside with a double layer of wire mesh&period;&NewLine;<h3 class="MsoNormal" style="line-height&colon; 131&percnt;&semi; text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Use Barriers Water</h3>&NewLine;If insects target your pet food bowls first eliminate all traces of insects from the home&period; Then clean all floors and counter tops well with soapy, hot water&period; Place the bowl of pet food in a shallow pan of very soapy water&period; &NewLine;<h3 class="MsoNormal" style="line-height&colon; 131&percnt;&semi; text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Cleanliness is Your Best Weapon</h3>&NewLine;Food crumbs on floors,and counter tops, are a magnet that attracts pests&period; The cleaner your floors and counters are the fewer pests will try to get into your home&period; &NewLine;<h3 class="MsoNormal" style="line-height&colon; 131&percnt;&semi; text-align&colon; justify&semi;">In Your Garden and Lawn</h3>&NewLine;Make sure there are no places or containers where water can stand or accumulate&period; This is the only pesticide way to get rid of mosquitoes&period; For keeping pests away from vegetable and fruit plants plant companion plants that are beneficial in fighting pests, marigold for example&period; &NewLine;If the above ideas don&&num;8217&semi;t help your situation, check with your local agricultural office or station&period; They will have information and ideas on how to make your own homemade pesticides that are not harmful to the health of your family&period; As an example you can make a spray solution using neem oil&period; This works well even around children and pets&period; If you end up using any type of pesticide it is imperative you wash all garden produce extra well before using and wash your hands every time after handling&period; &NewLine;&&num;8211&semi; Another thing that helps fight pests, like snails and slugs is, of all things, beer&period; Poor old beer into your compost pile to drive snails and slugs away&period; A little beer left in a bottle will attract and trap flies and often roaches&period; &NewLine;&&num;8211&semi; If you find an ant&&num;8217&semi;s nest get rid of them by finding and killing the queen&period; If your weather forecast predicts rain, spread grits on the ground around the ant hill&period; The worker ants will take the wet grits to the queen, which will kill her&period;&NewLine;&&num;8211&semi; Make sure all your trash, compost and recycle bins have good tops that don&&num;8217&semi;t blow open&period; Whenever possible wash and clean those type of bins&period; &NewLine;These are the natural pest control steps we use to keep our homes and property as naturally free of pests as possible&period;&NewLine;This post comes from Action Pest, who can help exterminate any pests you may have in your home&period; They are a Melbourne based business, and you can find them online, where they have their contact details handy&period;&NewLine;