If your yard or home seems to attract pests, but you don’t like the idea of using chemicals to combat the problem, consider these natural solutions:
- Plant Basil. This will help block flies, which hate the smell of basil. Planting pots at doorways or on windowsills or countertops can help repel flies. Dried basil will also work, as long as the smell stays strong.
- Vitamin C. Citrus fruits are good for you and spiders hate them! Mix unsweetened lemon or lime juice with water and wipe your countertops, doorways and windowsills with it. If you have a spider problem in your garden spread around lemon, orange, or lime peels.
- Vinegar. A half water/half vinegar solution will destroy scent trails that ants use to navigate, thus helping to destroy your ant problem. Just be sure to wipe down any surface where you’ve spotted ants multiple times a day for best results.
- Trick Wasps. Wasps are territorial and will not built a nest within 20 yards of another one. You can purchase a fake wasps nest that is similar to a paper lantern. Hang several around your property and you won’t have to worry about wasps taking over.
- Catnip. If cats are an issue, this is probably not a good idea, but according to a scientific publication catnip repels mosquitoes more effectively than DEET. Grow it in your garden to keep mosquitoes at bay.
- Apple Cider Vinegar. If fruit flies are an issue, trap them in a glass filled three-quarters of the way with apple cider vinegar, than add 6-8 drops of dishwashing liquid and fill the rest of warm water… fruit flies will be a distant memory!
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