10 Home Remedies to Keep the Bugs Away

by Mike Grace

1. Prior to bringing grocery bags, plants, cardboard, paper bags, or pop items into your home ,inspect for insects that may be hiding.

2. Stack firewood away from the foundation of the building. In addition keep it off the ground. Shake any debris off the logs before you bring them into the house.

3. Clean floors will discourage nighttime feeders.

4. Inspect the house for possible entry points. Caulk or screen areas to seal openings around your doors, windows, pipes and A/C lines.

5. Trim tree limbs so they don’t touch the house. Trim the shrubs so they don’t become a harborage for insects or rodents.

6. Protect your patio and porch from ant invasions by placing powdered chalk or used coffee grounds around the foundation.

7. Keep garbage lids on the can.

8. Inspect the outside of the home every month from July to frost. Yellow jackets will appear overnight. Get them before they eat through the plaster walls.

9. Lime peels can help. Gnats and mosquitoes hate the smell of oranges, lemons, and limes, so try taking a bag of citrus peels along with you on your next hike. Rub the peels over your exposed skin to repel the bugs.

10. Make your own insect repellent with vanilla extract. Take a clean, empty spray bottle and fill it with one cup of water and one TBSP of vanilla extra. Spray and wipe onto your skin and you won’t be bothered by some types of insect.

About the Author:
Mike Grace, owner of TNT Exterminating Company and president of the Ohio Pest Control Association, has been in the Cleveland Pest Control industry for 23 years. With all that experience, Grace preaches, A good offense is a good defense, to all his customers. Zephylia K wrote about Pest Control Cleveland
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