I always prefer a simpler, DIY method to an expensive and dangerous professional or chemical one. Here are the best DIY ways to keep pests out of your home and garden!
One of the many (many, many) things that they don’t tell you when you decide you want to buy and fix up a 100-year-old farmhouse is that you will almost definitely encounter more than your fair share of interesting creatures in and around your house, at least for the first little while. It took us a good few years to learn to get most of the pest problems sorted out around here and we’re definitely still in the process of learning! For example, last spring when we were adding on our new mudroom, we discovered that a mama racoon had created a nest just above the ceiling of the room for her and her adorable little babies. We tried about a million different things to get her to decide to relocate her home and eventually she did leave, but we’re still not really sure exactly what did it. We do know now though to keep everything sealed up really well from the outside if we ever do another addition like that! We do have some solutions though that we know without a shadow of a doubt work wonders (like the ant killer below), and it’s always so nice to know that we’ve tackled a pest problem ourselves without having to call in the professionals. Spring time is definitely prime time for pests, so I thought it would be a good idea to round up some of the best DIY solutions we can find today and share them all in one convenient post. 🙂
The Best DIY Solutions to Keep Pests Out
The Very Best Homemade Natural Ant Killer from The Creek Line House
DIY Spider Spray: Repelling Spiders with Peppermint. Does it really work? from The Creek Line House
How to Protect Strawberries From Birds and Other Pests from The Creek Line House
Magical, Natural, Weed Killing Potion from The Creek Line House
How To Get Rid Of Mice: A Rodent Proofing Guide from Frugal Family Times
The Fliest Fruit Fly Trap Ever from The Project Pile
Homemade Squirrel Repellent Recipe from House Of Hawthornes
How To Get Rid Of Mosquitoes from A Helicopter Mom
Homemade Garlic-Mint Garden Insect Spray from An Oregon Cottage
How to Use Ladybugs for Pest Management from Creative Green Living
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- The Creek Line House DIY Archives
Courtenay Hartford is the author of creeklinehouse.com, a blog based on her adventures renovating a 120-year-old farmhouse in rural Ontario, Canada. On her blog, Courtenay shares interior design tips based on her own farmhouse and her work as founder and stylist of the interior photography firm Art & Spaces. She also writes about her farmhouse garden, plant-based recipes, family travel, and homekeeping best practices. Courtenay is the author of the book The Cleaning Ninja and has been featured in numerous magazines including Country Sampler Farmhouse Style, Better Homes and Gardens, Parents Magazine, Real Simple, and Our Homes.