Articles tagged “Natural Pest Control”

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            

How to Deal with Unwanted Wildlife in Urban Areas By Josh Peterson IN Travel & Outdoors Feb 27 2009 Humans are essentially animals. There are differences. Rock and Roll music, the ability to build sailboats and the capacity to enjoy a Woody Allen movie. Some finches and several species of canines can enjoy Mr. Allen's films∗, but most scientists believe they are simply imitating the throaty guffaws of their human masters. + READ MORE

How to Humanely Remove a Snake By Josh Peterson IN Travel & Outdoors Feb 25 2009 Snakes can be quite a pest, especially if they are venomous. There are ways of removing our slithery friends from basements or yards without getting bit or harming the snake. You can safely restrain the snake, then release it back into the wilderness where it belongs. + READ MORE

How to Build a Humane Mousetrap By Josh Peterson IN Home & Garden Jan 7 2009 Mice and rats and some of mankind's best friends. Wherever men go, the rats will follow. They eat our cheese, put holes in our clothes and chase 1950s women onto chairs. Obviously, humans and mice don't coexist well. Yet, most of us bear no ill will towards mice. + READ MORE

Should You Buy a Greenhouse? By Josh Peterson IN Home & Garden Jan 7 2009 The greenhouse effect gets a bad rap in environmental circles, but the effect is not all bad, especially when the effect takes place in a greenhouse. We may despise the infamous effect and what it is doing to our climate, but we can also use the effect to help reduce itself. Building a greenhouse is a green way to grow food in a local and pesticide-free way. + READ MORE

5 Eco Friendly Ways to Repel Mosquitoes By Josh Peterson IN Food & Health Oct 29 2008 I used to work on this farm. There was a muddy, shallow pond nearby. Ponds like these are basically breeding grounds for mosquitoes. Whenever I'd be out cutting weeds, the mosquitoes would try and make a meal of me. The only way that I could prevent this was to slather myself in gross-smelling chemicals that I would sweat off in less than an hour. + READ MORE

Chili Powder & Peppermint=Death to Unwanted Ants By Josh Peterson IN Home & Garden Oct 14 2008 I woke up this morning to find that my bathroom was full of ants. My first instinct was to call the landlord, but I decided to take matters into my own hands. + READ MORE

Green Natives Sighted in the Concrete Jungle By Team Planet Green IN Travel & Outdoors Jun 11 2008 Living in not-so-city-like Studio City, Ed and Rachelle have plenty of eco-minded neighbors like Bill Nye and Jay Leno. In contrast, when you reside in the middle of a big city, you may not have green neighbors with whom to share eco-tips or even know your neighbors' names, for that matter. Life in the city can seem positively un-green. + READ MORE

Use Praying Mantis as an Alternative to Pesticides By Team Planet Green IN Home & Garden May 8 2008 The praying mantis is an excellent general predator to keep pests to a minimum in your garden or yard, and you can put them to work for you instead of synthetic pesticides. Here's how. + READ MORE

Make a Nontoxic Organic Pesticide From Veggies By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Home & Garden Apr 11 2008 This is one all-natural pesticide that sure stirs up an appetite.Nix the dish soap, add some tomatoes and salt, suggests someone in the comments section, and you'll also have an awesome salsa. ::Instructables Difficulty level: Easy + READ MORE

Make an Organic Fly Trap By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Home & Garden Apr 10 2008 Yecch...some of the things I do not miss during the colder, drearier months include the houseflies, blowflies, and fruitflies that always manage to circumvent my window screens, and almost inevitably, wind up in my cats' maws.Fold 12 inches of thin wire in half, then twist the two lengths together, leaving a forked... + READ MORE

Catch Up on Your Garden Reading By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Home & Garden Apr 7 2008 While you're waiting for your garden to reawaken from its winter slumber, consider setting some time aside to ease into a comfy chair and catch up on some great gardening reads.Packed with practical advice-such as mulching to reduce runoff, and using beneficial insects to control pests-as well as facts and statistics on + READ MORE