To keep away those nasty pests, you need not resort to pest
control services, who will come armed with chemicals. Wondering how to do it
without their help? Well, we have a few DIY tips which you can easily implement
in your home to get rid of pests:
Clean your home:
This is probably the first most important tip! And it may be a tedious job
to do, but it’s necessary to ward off pests. Wipe the kitchen counters and
ensure there are no tidbits of food lying around. Make sure the garbage is
disposed off, and ripe fruits and vegetables don’t sit around. Keep sweeping
and get rid of unwanted and broken stuff in your home. Don’t allow stored water
to remain stagnant for a long time and keep changing it after fixed intervals.
Get any leaking taps and pipes repaired immediately and also make sure the
drains are unclogged.
**You can pour ½ a cup of baking soda and ½ a cup of vinegar
into the drain, after 5 minutes, pour into it boiling water and your drain is
completely clear. Visit here to know more.
Know your oils:
All essential oils are repellants to some of the other kind of pests. If
you know have proper knowledge about this, it will help you a great deal in
keeping insects at bay. Mosquitoes hate Citronella Oils; Peppermint keeps ants
and spiders at bay, Rosemary combats those annoying ticks and fleas and so on.
Lavender, lemongrass, Eucalyptus, Geranium are other oils which will help you
keep pests away from your home.
Grow pest repellent
plants:
There are many plants which act as natural repellers, so you can go ahead
and plant all such plants in the interiors and exteriors of your home to ward
away pests. You can consider planting marigolds, citronella and catnip in the
exterior as they have features which work best when planted outside. For the
inside, you can consider basil and rosemary. These are best natural repellants
to pests.
Prepare your own
sprays:
Preparing your own sprays will help you combat insects too. You can take
into consideration ingredients which act as pest repellants, add a dash of your
favourite essential oils and your spray is ready. Spray this all around your
home, on countertops, furniture or simply in the air to keep pests at bay.
These DIY hacks will surely help you combat pests! Try them!