Pests tend to create menace in every household in the United Kingdom. It is often very difficult to maintain a healthy lifestyle in a house that is infested with flies, mosquitos, cockroaches or ants. However, it is not at all recommended that one spray the insides of their homes with pesticide, as chemicals like DDT or Benzene Hexa-chloride are extremely dangerous for normal life to sustain, some of them can be lethal when ingested, and if nothing else, pesticide poisoning is one of leading causes of debilitating physical conditions worldwide. Several companies such as
Pest Control St Albans are opting for natural remedies to pest infestation nowadays because they are safer.
Getting Rid of Flies
Flies can be dangerous as they carry a lot of diseases with them. This is because flies feed on the excrement of other animals and often on decaying organic matter such as road kills, which always carry a lot of dangerous microorganisms. A lot of the communicable diseases caused in humans can come from house flies. Some ways to get rid of them are:
1. Clean the doors and windows of your house with a cloth dipped in oil of lavender. Also, consider taking an oil spray and spraying some of the oil on your patio. These are common places for flies to settle, and it might help get rid of them.
· Plant herbs such as basil or mint in groups near your patio or near your doors in pots. These herbs repel flies (among a host of other pests) and are sure to rid your house of pests. For added effect, consider breaking off a few leaves on your way in or out of the house so as to increase the aroma of the plants.
Mosquitoes
Dangerous illnesses such as malaria or dengue fever can be caused by mosquitoes. Common remedies such as mosquito repellent oils commercially available can cause headaches, confusion, and asthma. Hence, natural remedies are a safer option once again.
1. Alcohol repels mosquitoes. So before you go into a place where there are bound to be mosquitoes, rub some alcohol on your skin. If you do not have alcohol, you may consider rubbing some of the mouthwash on your skin too, as they contain alcohol. This would keep mosquitoes from biting you.
2. Mosquitoes breed in water bodies around your household. Be sure to keep any open bodies of water either removed or covered. If it is not possible to cover a certain body of water, like a swimming pool, for instance, then you may pour some (not too much) detergent soap onto these waters, as they would kill the mosquito eggs before they hatch.
3. Mix Liquid Soap with three or four capfuls of peppermint oil and wash your doors and windows with it. If possible, take up the carpet and keep it in the sun for a few hours to as to get rid of any moisture that is stuck in it.