Natural Pest Control Methods

Pest certainly is not what everybody like. Whenever people think of pest control, the first solution is probably pesticides. Though pesticides work, they create a lot of problem to you and to the environment. Researchers have provided information saying that over a hundred million pounds pesticides are used for household pest control, which is roughly 3 times the usage by farmer. If you do not want to experience the stinging smell anymore as well as to save the earth, you can use natural ways for pest control.

The most common pests that you can find are ants, flies, mosquitoes, cockroaches and spiders. The simplest way to do before actually killing the pest is to prevent them. Usually, how can the pest get into your house is by all kind of opening in your house like windows and cracks. Probably, there is no way to tell you to close the window all the time, therefore, you can only pay attention regularly and remove anything that is attractive to pest from the windows. For cracks, try to seal the cracks with caulking. Also, when you are bring something new like plant to your home, make sure you have inspected that it is pest-free.

Prevention alone cannot offer you a hundred percent pest-free environment, what you need to do in addition is to keep your house clean. Do not just keep the inside house clan, you need to keep the outdoor area clean also as most of the pest are coming from the outside! Dispose you garbage and vacuum clean dusty areas regularly as these can really help keep the pest away.

Pest is not living everywhere, like human, they choose places that they like to stay. To keep away from pest, you can minimize the habitat for them. A lot of pest like plants or vegetables, if you have plants in home or garden outside, remember to remove the weeds and debris, rotate the type of plants and keep the soil dry by early watering. If possible, leave a little barrier (without plant) between your house and the garden.

When that unluckily you are now already facing the pest problem, and you need immediate solution for the pest. Here are some recommendations. For flies, you can use the old-fashioned yet effective tool called Yellow Flypaper.

Bounce Fabric Softener can help keep you away from mosquitoes as they do not like the pleasant smell that we human do. Listerine mouthwash of course you have used for your mouth but not mosquitoes. Same as the fabric softener, mosquitoes do not like the smell too. Rub a little bit of Listerine onto your skin before you go outside; this really help repels the mosquitoes.

For cockroaches, one of the most troublesome pests in the world as they can live in almost all kind of habitat, you can try to use peppermint soapy water to spray directly on them or their walking path.

For spider inside you house, the first thing you should do is to remove all the webs. Cleaning is the best solution to spider, so do your sweeping and vacuum cleaning more often.

Recently, I bought a ultrasonic pest control device online for around US$40. The ad claims that it can produce ultra sound which makes the pest as well as rats uncomfortable. The environment will then become less favorable for them to live and they will eventually leave and never come back. I've been using it for a few months and find it quite effective. The signs which indicate rats disappear and they didn't seem to come back anymore. I've tried using traps or poison before but every one rat died there will be another one replacing it because the habitat is too good. So maybe this is the answer to all pest problem. I'll do a thorough review soon. Stay tuned.