Alternative Pest Control Methods

The most common way to eliminate bugs and pests from both your home and garden is usually by the use of pest control vancouver, but what if you really do not want to use these chemicals around your home and garden. People often wonder if there is an alternative to using powerful chemicals.
There are often mixtures and ingredients that you can make from everyday household products that you may even have stored in your kitchen cupboards that will save you having to go and purchase products which can be:-
1. Garlic and pepper, most bugs hate the smell and if you were to sprinkle the garlic and pepper around the perimeter of your home it is a great deterrent for bed bugs Vancouver and pests.
2. Setting traps is another way to help catch flies and bugs, normally sticky substances which attract the bugs and then traps them these are a great alternative to chemical sprays and can be placed around the home and left there to do their job.
3. Essential oils can be useful, bugs seem to detest strong smells and citrus smells seem to have a great off putting effect to flies and mosquitoes amongst other pests.
4. Lavender is another smell that flies in particular do not like.
5. Mint, peppermint, clove and tea tree oil are also smells that bugs seem to avoid.
Obviously it does depend on what you are having trouble with and if you have already become infested with bugs in the home then you may have to resort to chemicals or even an exterminator Vancouver company to help eradicate the problem but certainly to help prevent any bugs from entering your home it is always worthwhile giving the home remedies a chance and of course they are a lot less harmful to the environment.

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