Pavement Ant
As a group, ants are important natural predators of many insect pests, including flea and fly larvae, caterpillars and termites. Ants often become a nuisance when they enter our homes searching for food and can cause severe structural damage when they burrow through decaying wood to nest, a common behavior of carpenter ants. [...]
Natural Pesticide
These days you hear a lot about organics. In every supermarket there are organic foods that include produce, grain products, meat, milk and more. There are even organic products that include apparel and even soap. The ingredients in any organic product must be free from chemical pesticides, fertilizers and [...]
Lavender
Using natural mosquito repellents is a nice idea. You can save up on the money you spend purchasing repellents from stores. You can use the simple recipe mentioned in this article to make your own vodka and lavender mosquito repellent.
It is recommended that personal insect repellents such as citronella and [...]
Lemon Eucalyptus
The most effective natural mosquito repellent at the time of writing is Repel Lemon Eucalyptus. A 2002 study in the New England Journal of Medicine compared different synthetic chemical and herbal repellents:
Repel Lemon Eucalyptus Repellent provided 120.1 minutes of mosquito protection, more than a repellent with a [...]
Ants Repellents
Ants come out to play, more often in summer, with something as simple as a bunch of flowers from the garden. There are many commercial products for keeping ants at bay, but we found another way.
Objective:
To find out the effectiveness of the three kinds of food (onion, [...]
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