How to
Remove Pests from the household
without without poisons
Black
Ants
Black
Ants? Use pieces of wormwood and place in the area where the
critters
are. (wormwood can be toxic to children and pets, so be careful) Hope this
helps make your home a little more bug free!
Cockroaches
Keep shelves and pipes
and cracks dry and clean. Sprinkle borax freely wherever they come
from. Replace the borax whenever it is washed or brushed. No remedy is
successful
as long as there is dampness. Stop up cracks; replace damp, decaying
wood with dry wood and fresh paint.
Cayenne Pepper is also good to keep cockroaches and black ants
away. Put some in a small open containter in the areas that are troublesome. Be sure to keep
small children away from the area
Flea
Problems?
Pie
pan
Water
Dish soap
Votive candle
The
best trick I've found for flea removal is to take a pie pan, put in
about 1/4 inch of water with a squirt of dish soap, and light a
votive
candle in the center. Put one or two of these contraptions in
each room
with a flea problem each night. At first, you'll find lots of
fleas in
the water. You'll know when to stop when you don't see any!
For the
animals, get a lice comb (at any drugstore).
Comb the animal each night, and hold the comb in a bowl of soapy water
to
remove fleas and hair in the comb. The fleas will drown, and your pet
won't
get sick from the spray.
Are
mosquitos prevalent around your
home and yard?
Remove all puddles of water as they are breeding places. If
you have containers
outside filled with water, keep them covered. Be sure to have
screens
on all doors and windows. Rub citronella o r cedar oil over screens
to repel the critters. Burning incense is a very good way to keep the
mosquitos away from you while you are outside on the deck or
working in
the
garden. Set out about 4 sticks in each area you are in. The
mosquitos
will stay away from you. I find patchouli incense works wonders!
(especially if you are weeding in the garden in the early evening)
A tin cup
fasted to a stick, filled with hot soapy water
and held directly under
mosquitoes on the
ceiling
will stupefy them and they will drop in the
water.
Use
a mixture of 2 ounces of oil of citronella, once ounce oil of cedar,
once ounce spirit of camphor and rub on the hands, face, and
ankles to
prevent bites. Mix this liquid into vaseline for a more effective
mosquito repellent.
SPIDERS
If
your house has become a home to many spiders this season, you can help
them vacate by using pennyroyal. Get cotton balls and soak with the
pennyroyal oil. Place the cotton balls where the spiders are
hiding.
RED
ANTS
Have
a problem with red ants? In large container, put 1 pint of tar.. Add 2
quarts of boiling water and mix well. Place the mixture in open
containers where the ants are bothersome and the ants will look
for
another place to live! (I would not recommend this method if you have
small children or pets) Another method for red ant removal: A
safe
method to use when you have children or pets: Sprinkle beach sand
(from
ocean beaches) You can also use oyster
shells.

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Mosquitoes
Get a small bottle of Oil of Pennyroyal Essence from your favorite
Natural Foods store. Open the bottle and keep the bottle open in the room you want to rid
the mosquitoes. As long as there is the scent of pennyroyal in the room, the mosquitoes
will not enter!
Flies
Be sure to keep
your windows and doors screened. Patch up any holes or get
rescreened. Be
sure to have your screens in place by early spring, when the first
flies
arrive. Try using fly paper, but be sure to keep out of reach of
children
and pets.
What do Mosquitoes Like? They
are attracted to Perfume, Scented soaps, scented shampoos. For some
reason, they are also attracted to those wearing blue jeans. Nope,
I do not have a scientific answer to this.
Slug Catcher
Keep
those pesky parasitic slugs from eating your
leafy greens with the chemical-free and environmentally friendly SLUGX
slug catcher. Fill the SLUGX with beer and be prepared to find as many
as 50 slugs and snails trapped in a single night. The SLUGX is designed
to sit on top of the soil or on your deck or patio. Pick up a few and
have a toast to the slug-free garden you never thought was possible.
Moths
Clean
perfectly,
brush
and hang all woolen clothing, blankets, furs or feathers in the sun and
air-to be sure there are no eggs or larvae on the clothing. Store
in sealed boxes or moth proof bags, or seal in newspaper and tie
in
cotton
bags. Cold storage is the most effective method, but it is
expensive.
Strong odors of camphor, cedar, moth balls, etc., do not kill moth eggs
or
larvae, but they do help to keep moths out of places where
woolens are
kept.
If eggs are shut in with the clothing, the moths will hatch and
eat
your
material. Garments worn frequently are less liable to be eaten than
those
left undisturbed in a dark closet.
Do you have problems with
silverfish and centipedes? Silverfish
love paper that is kept indark,
warm
places. To prevent the little critters, try to keep your storage places
and attics dry. Sodium Fluoride or pyrethrum powder blown into
cracks and areas where the bugs congregate will help rid them.
You
may need to do this more than once.
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