by
Stepy —
August 15, 2020
- Healthy Living is a life style.
- If you have kids and pets this is one more reason why should opt for healthier options and avoid commercial pest control products.
- Make your own repellents and you will be in charge of what goes in your home and garden. This is key to healthy living.
- With this in mind, we have 10 natural ways to get rid of common household pests in your home.
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- 1. Fix leaks as soon as possible:
- Make sure to fix leaky pipes as soon as possible, because cockroaches love damp places. Healthy living is about taking a preemptive step.
- 2. Make a tick-repelling lemon spray:
- Ticks avoid citrus.
- Boil 2 cups of water, and add two lemons or limes sliced. Simmer for 1 hour. Strain the fruit out; let it cool and into the sprayer.
- Squirt it on you, your kids, your yard and your pets.
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- 3. Make a garlic and hot chili possum repellent:
- Mix 2 tablespoon of crushed garlic or hot chili in 1 liter of boiling water.
- Let it cool.
- Pour in a sprayer and squirt on your plants.
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- 4. Make our soapy peppermint spray to repel mice and rodents:
- Mix 1 cup unscented baby shampoo and 25 drops of peppermint essential oil.
- Fill a spray bottle with the mixture and spray on areas and surfaces where you wish to repel them like basements and garages.
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- 5. Plant smart to repel flies:
- Are flies taking over your home or garden? Create a natural shield.
- Add fly repelling plants around your home. It is an easy way to keep flies away. We recommend plants such as basil, bay leaves, catnip, lavender, mint, and rosemary.
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- 6. Store food in pest-safe containers:
- Make sure food containers are free of any holes that bugs and critters can get in to. Also make sure that all containers are BPA-free.
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- 7. Try apple cider as a flea repellent:
- Fleas hate apple cider vinegar.
- Mix 2 tsp of ACV with 1 cup of water, spray your animals and rub it into their fur.
- You can also add apple cider vinegar into your animals’ drinking water.
- Start with 1 tsp and slowly increase the amount to two tablespoons for 1 gallon of water.
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- 8. Try a peppermint spider repellent:
- Spiders hate peppermint oil.
- Add 10 to 15 drops of peppermint essential oil into a spray bottle with 8 to 12 ounces of water.
- Spray around door frames, windows, small cracks, corners of the ceilings and bathrooms.
- Use peppermint essential oil without water for a more potent version.
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- 9. Use cinnamon and garlic to repel ants:
- Place cinnamon sticks and peeled and sliced garlic cloves around window tracks or holes in the house.
- Replace the cloves every 3 days until ants are gone.
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- 10. Use steel wool to keep out mice:
- Cover holes that mice can get into with steel wool. The steel wool is too hard for mice and other critters to chew through.
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- Note: The content on our website is for educational purposes only. Please consult a qualified expert before trying these healthy living tips.
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- For fly repellent recipes.
- For a mosquito repellent recipe.
- For a DIY spider repellent.
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- REFERENCES:
- 1. “Efficacy and Safety of Catnip (Nepeta Cataria) as a Novel Filth Fly Repellent.” National Center for Biotechnology Information. Medical and Veterinary Entomology, n.d. Web. 27 May 2014.
- 2. “Household Pests? 10 No-Chemical Ways to Get Rid of Them.” Reader’s Digest. Reader’s Digest, n.d. Web. 13 July 2014.
- 3. “Natural Flea & Tick Control.” Mercola.com. Mercola.com, n.d. Web. 13 July 2014.
- 4. “Grow Safe, Natural Mosquito Repellents.” Mother Earth News. Mother Earth News, June-July 2012. Web. 13 July 2014.
- 5. “Natural Insect Repellent: Non-Toxic Options for Insect Control.” WebMD. WebMD, n.d. Web. 13 July 2014.
