12 Natural Pest Control Methods

Pests adversely affect the activities of human. Pests can be insects, rodents or birds etc. So managing pests is an important activity. They are attracted to open water, stored foods, garbage, dirty places in the kitchen etc. So it is necessary to use some pest control methods in your house for keeping pests away. There are many strategies mention below.

Some natural methods for controlling pests are:

A. For controlling ants

1. Blockage at the entry point

You can even block the entrance area for the ants by keeping many items around the kitchen. The items can be coffee grounds, cayenne paper, lemon juice, citrus oil etc. This natural method will surely work for controlling pests.

1. Cucumber

Many ants have hatred for cucumbers. So you can keep peels of cucumber or slices of it near the entry points.

1. Keep your kitchen place clean

Keep the corners and other places of the kitchen clean and free of sticky spots. Properly cover the lid of the honey jar so that ants do not enter it. Trying these things will make your kitchen ants free.

1. Mint

Keeping the small bags of mint tea around the kitchen where ants are seen the most will leave the kitchen pest-free. Keep in mind that you keep those tea bags of mint in the places where ants are seen the most.

1. Lighten up your kitchen

Light up your kitchen for few hours, so that ants feel disrupted in their activity. You can even light up your kitchen with small lights throughout the night where the ants are most active.

1. Cornmeal

Cornmeals are the best method adopted in many houses to keep the pest away from the kitchen. Place some cornmeal around the kitchen places where ants are mostly seen. The ants will either eat them or take them home for having them later. But they are not able to digest it and die. It is a slow process but it works with 100 per cent surety.

B. For controlling mosquitoes

1. Adding oil to Candles

Adding some essential oils to your candles will be helpful. Essential oils can be Citronella, Lavender, peppermint etc. So adding these oils to the candles will eliminate the mosquitoes from your house

1. Blocking their way

Mosquitoes are mostly seen during the morning time or even in the evening. They are always present at the place where they get cool air. So to control the entry of mosquitoes into your house you have to close the windows of your house which stops the cool air to enter.

9.. Eliminate collected water

Mosquitoes are seen at the places where the water is collected. Firstly you have to eliminate all the open sources of water from your house. The open sources can be bathtubs full of water, pools and any utensils full of dirty water. Mosquitoes always gather at the places where water is seen.

1. Use of garlic

Garlic is an effective method of keeping the pest away from the kitchen. Spray the garlic juice around the kitchen for staying away from pests.

1. Remove the trail

Ants often make trails when they take food along with them so that they can come on the same way later. So you have to wash up your floor with water so that no trails are left over for the ants. Keep in mind that floors should be washed using a vinegar cleanser.

1. Building a bat house

Mosquitoes are the favourite food for bats. Bats can eat many mosquitoes at a time. By building a small bat house in your ground will keep the mosquitoes away.