Top 5 Tips to Keep Your South Tampa FL Home Pest Free
Top 5 Tips to Keep Your South Tampa FL Home Pest Free
Get rid of pests once and for all.
Here’s one problem that all homeowners may encounter at least once in their lifetime: pests. You wonder how on earth do these pests get inside your squeaky clean home. Well, as long as there’s food inside and nature is thriving outside, there will be unwanted guests within and around your South Tampa home. The great thing is, nature also provides the best products to keep them out of your house.
Here are 5 non-toxic, natural and practical ways to keep your pest-free:
1. Peppermint Oil- We love this stimulating scent that can be found in herbal teas, toothpaste and gum. Mice suffer from the peppermint smell. Make a peppermint spray with 1/4 cup of water and 40 drops of peppermint oil and spray freely beneath the sink, along baseboards and interior edges of kitchen cabinets. You can also soak cotton balls with the oil and put them at entry points.
2. Citrus- Spray or wipe citrus solution around the house to keep spiders away. To make this solution, mix water and unsweetened lemon or lime juice.
3. Vinegar- Ants find their way through scent trails. Wipe countertops or any other surfaces where you spot ants with a 50/50 solution of vinegar and water to destroy their scent trails.
4. Cinnamon Bark Oil- Aside from making your home smell yummy, cinnamon bark oil has been proven to control dust mites. Add several drops of it into a 50/50 solution of denatured alcohol and water and spray it on your carpets, beddings or anywhere in the house where dust collects.
5. Plant Basil- Basil can be planted in pots so you can place them anywhere in the house where flies enter like doorways and windowsills. You can also put them on the kitchen counter to keep flies off the food. If you don't have time to take care of plants, use dried basil instead. Put them in muslin pouches and rub them once in a while to keep its strong smell.
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