Pests are inevitable. No matter how much you want to keep your home pest-free, grubby and irritating bugs like fleas, mosquitoes, spiders, ants, mice and cockroaches will always find ways to invade your precious home. Apparently, they are not only a nuisance to you, but pests can also harm your health and cause you various diseases. This is why you have to make sure you keep away from them, especially if there are children at home. To help you deal with those irritating pests inside and outside your home, here are safe, natural and effective ways of maintaining a pest-free home.

Identify Each Pest and How They Can Harm Your Home

To easily find remedies for pest incursion, it is important to first determine which pests usually invade your home, how they are able to enter and how much harm they can do to your house and your health. For instance, you often see lines of ants in your kitchen. Knowing that ants love sweets, you have to make sure that you cover the sugar tightly and put honey jars in plastic bags.

If there are lots of mosquitoes at home, which can also bite your skin like ants, you have to maintain screens on all windows and doors and keep them closed in the early morning and evening when they are mostly active. Also, mosquitoes love dirty waters so make sure you change wading pools, bird baths and pet’s water bowl and get rid of items that collect water.

Fleas may also enter your home without you noticing them. Usually, fleas can invade your home through your pets or visitors’ pets. They cannot only harm your pets, but also your family in the long run. To avoid them, bathe and comb your pets regularly. Do not use insecticides, but only use mild soaps. Concisely, when you know the pests’ way of entry and the first line of defense to remove them, you can easily keep them away and avoid them entirely.

Get Rid of Pests Organically

Basically, people keep away or control pests at home using pesticides. However, using them can also be detrimental to one’s health as they contain harmful chemicals. In this note, it is important to consider using alternatives to keep away from different pests. Luckily, there are many ways on how you can control pest without the use of chemicals.

For one, you can put orange oil around your doors and window frames to get rid of spiders. For mosquitoes, you can make a homemade mosquito repellant using lemon juice, lavender and vanilla extract. For your yard, you can sprinkle minced garlic to keep away from mosquitoes. To get rid of ants, just sprinkle cloves all over your place and other spices ants do not like such as peppermint, cinnamon, chili pepper and paprika. To protect your garden from bugs, put crushed egg shells around your plants. This will prevent slugs and snails from coming and destroying your plants.

Always Keep Your House and Yard Clean

“Prevention is better than cure,” people often say. No matter how clichéd it is, it is always important to be wise and ready. One way to prevent pests from coming is to make sure your house and yard is always clean. Remember that insects love dirt so if your place is grubby, they will surely stuck in your home.

Specifically, take your garbage out frequently and remove all your trash bins to keep away from smells that attract insects and pests. Always get rid of clutter and keep your kitchen tidy. Clean out cooking materials after using them and make sure to throw away food packages and food scraps right away. Also, fix leaks to get rid of moisture since it can easily draw insects. As for your yard, always trim tree branches and shrubbery to keep them far from your house. Clean leaf buildups from the downspouts and gutters as various insects like millipedes and earwigs can use them as their breeding sites. However, if you do not have enough time to do all this work, you can consult a pest control professional to help you with this dilemma.

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