If you already have a family, you know that keeping your children safe is of utmost importance. Kids that have been exposed to pesticides in will definitely have an increased risk of certain diseases like cancers for example.
This however doesn't mean you have to avoid insect repellents and share your home with insects. Here are a few ways you can get rid of pests naturally:
Ants
These little insects aren't as deadly as other bugs, but they can carry a few germs and bacteria, right onto your food. And if you have a baby at home, keeping ants from crawling all over them or worse, biting them is very important. You can spray lemon juice on places that you might see ants crawl out of. It's simple, but very effective. This same style can also be done using cinnamon essential oils.
It might be surprising, but essential oils such as tea tree oil, is unlikely to kill existing bed bugs in your home but it can work perfectly as a strong deterrent. There are a few ways on how you can use this against bed bugs. One of the most easiest options is to make a diluted tea tree oil solution by mixing ten drops of tea tree oil with water in a medium-sized spray bottle. Don't use the oil as itself, that won't be as effective. When you've got it all mixed, spray it directly to areas where bed bugs are most likely hiding. These places include the inner spaces of storages for furniture and the area underneath the bed.
Extra tips include:
Steamer. You can kill bed bugs without the use of any sort of toxic chemicals, by using a steamer iron. It's easy and safe. The only drawback here is that you will need to use industrial grade steamers, not just the ones we use at home.
Termites
Did you know that our simple household vinegar can ward off termites? It not only can be used to clean everything from your kitchen counter down to your shower, but this can also used it to kill termites. To do this you must mix up a half a cup of vinegar with the juice from two lemons. That's it really. Now you have an effective termite killer. Place it on a spray bottle and spray all over the places you suspect termites are hiding. If however there is a whole city of termites, you may need the help of professionals by then. You can just go online and get the aid of termite treatment experts all over Singapore.
The extract of garlic actually has mosquito larvicidal properties. This means that you can use it to kill the larvae of mosquitoes. You can get rid of them even before they grow wings and spread diseases. All you will have to do is crush a few cloves of garlic and boil it in water.
You can then spray this all over your home and this will help take out all the mosquitoes.
Cockroaches
A super easy tip on keeping them away from you or perhaps dead is mixing water and soap on a spray bottle. Simple. Like a lot of insects, they breathe through their skin. When they get sprayed with this, the solution can stick to them and suffocate them.
Mosquito, cockroach, bed bug or termite pest control is essentially easy to find these days. If you're having trouble fighting these insects, you can look for help online.
