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Simple ways to keep your Home Critter-Free

So you are fed up of mosquitoes, bugs, flies, spiders and all kinds of other insects surveying your home day and night. Rats and Slugs have become a danger to your family health carrying all kinds of much loathed diseases. Now, what to do? Follow these mentioned techniques to show all of them, the door of your house :

 

  1. Homemade Insect Repelling Candles– There are many aromatic and scented candles, which can be made in a do-it-yourself way to keep the insects/mosquito out.

  2. Homemade Non-Toxic Flea Powder– Fleas are really nasty and they can make you itch and redden your body skin. A natural flea control powder can be made of Diatomaceous Earth by grinding and powdering it. Use it in effective amount with the right usage.

  3. Flowers as Repellent Companions– Experienced Gardeners always plant the beautiful and fragrant flowers along with the vegetables and fruits in their home turf. Is it only because of the appearance? No Flowers help all those hated pests to stay away from your vegetables and fruits, keeping their nutritions intact. Some of the pest repellent flowers are chrysanthemums, coriander flower, basil flower, radish rose, Mexican marigold and lavender.

  4. PlantsRepelling InsectsThe simplest ways to keep your home free from insects is to grow herbs which are naturally insect repelling. Some of the plants which repel insects are garlic, lemon balm, lettuce and onion.

  5. Bug-Off Lotion mixed with the Coconut Oil– Apply the anti bug/mosquito lotion on your skin and stop these irritating beings sucking your blood. Also apply some coconut oil with the mixture to keep it better health-wise.

  6. Easy Mosquito Trap– Mosquito traps are simple and effective technique to fight the deadly mosquitoes outta your home.

  7. Eggshells as Pest Control– Eggshells have a wide variety of uses in your garden, and one of those is as a completely organic and natural pest control.

  8. Slug Traps All you need is a bit of maize flour to rid yourself of slugs (jaunk). Evidently, the pests will eat the poison mixed flour which will kills them instantly.

  9. Plant Lice Repellent Spray They can greatly reduce the lifespan of your garden plants. You can use various Plant lice repellent sprays easily available in the market.

  10. Homemade Fly Paper– You can use flypaper to get rid of the irritating flies. It is made up of paper coated with scented but poisonous substances (usually arsenic) which will eventually trap all the flies away from your home.

  11. Non-Toxic Spider Repellent- Natural spider repellents are non-toxic and can be sprayed anywhere, without caring about any kind of potential damage to your family.

     

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