Vital homemade bug killer
The next time you sit down to draw up a list of people you want to invite to your outdoor or indoor party, I’m guessing that you will not include ants, mosquitoes, flies, wasps, dust mites, fleas, moths or cockroaches. But let me assure you, if any of them hear about your bash, they will cancel all of their other plans to be there. And they’ll probably try to stick around long after the shindig is over.
Yes, you could spray pesticides outdoors and use other chemical products indoors to try to rid your home of these varmints, but it’s very possible that those agents will do more harm to you, your family and the environment than they will to the bugs. You can’t hire a bug bouncer to keep these party-crashers out, but you can use some natural products to let these critters know that they are not wanted.
Here are the same recipes from the video if you need it shorthand:
Below I’ve included a link for a short video that explains how to use natural, easy-to-find products to kill the pests that make life miserable for you and your garden without emptying your wallet. Author of Natural Pest Control: Alternatives to Chemicals for the Home and Garden, Andy Lopez, a.k.a. the “Invisible Gardener,” talks about the various products he uses to fight against his uninvited guests, including sesame oil, soap, garlic oil, citrus oil and more.
Hope you like the video. Meet you on the other side.
One last thing before you go off and make your bug killer… One great use of your new homemade, all natural, non-poisonous bug killer is in the garden. Wait… you don’t have a garden yet?
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I would love to hear about any natural pest-removing remedies that you have discovered. What’s been working for you?
FOR ALL UNWANTED GUESTS and other pests — Obtain one gallon of gasoline & 1 match. Result: No more pests of any kind. The downside: You will have to change your residence.
A lot of good info here….Thanks !!!
What about box elder bugs?
What to spray on garbage to deter Crows and Raccoons?? Tried bleach, hot pepper, and salt still they attack the garbage cans. Also, we are rural and people have left stray cats. Am allergic to cats, they come up onto the porch, one even walked into the house. We leave the door opened and have a screen on it so the dogs can go in and out. What can we do to stop them from coming around the house or keep them from taking up residence in the pole buildings????
Have you tried ammonia.
use straight vinegar and pour on the areas where they go outside of the house. But you have to do it again everytime it rains.
This comment applies only for the cat issue.
you have a lot of good comments here ,why can’t we print them???
Poor cats are probably starving. To ignore it is cruel. Why don’t you get a small Have a Heart cage, catch and bring to spca? Many yrs ago i was walking down a city street and a stray cat came up to me, crying. It was extremely skinny with ribs showing real bad. People walked by but no one picked up the cat. I picked it up and brought to spca only becuz it was so skinny and weak that i didn’t think it would live long. It was pitiful.
And they promptly killed it like so many strays.
I have problems with cats from the neighborhood coming to my flower beds to carp. They do it on the grass,dirt and on crush granite walkways.What can i do??
Air rifle. It’s quiet, non-lethal, and they learn.
Try some of the essential oil recipes for pest control mentioned above on those areas for Cats – they don’t like essential oils and low quality ones may be lethal – so do it in open area to the places they regularly go and see if that does not deter them. Good luck.
We have the same problem. Cats digging in our garden. Also problem this year with nats and small sugar ants.
We live in a rural area with a bunch of ants. I’ve tried most everything, even essential oils. Last year I found diatimacious (Sp?) earth at The Tractor Supply Store and yay, it got rid of the ants!! All natural, non pesticide and it doesn’t hurt animals. In fact, farmers use it for livestock so, it is uber safe.
Ants do not like vinegar. I’ve also read that mint is an insect repellent. For outdoors ant beds/mounds, just boil some water in a large pot and when it is at a full boil, using mitts pour on the ant bed. Make sure you really saturate it good so it get down deep. Instant death to the ants.
Make sure you buy the Food grade diatimacious earth, because it will not harm children and pets.
Cayenne pepper is great for controlling ants.
I moved to Missouri. We have Japanese beetles that have destroyed all but the weeds. How do I get rid of them?
I live in the country too. A few stray cats around here. I left a small cat carrier in front by the driveway and fill it with dry cat food every day. A few come to eat – especially in winter when they starve more. I even caught one…a beautiful male gray and white Angora. Got him neutered. He sleeps in my bed and is a wonderful cat.
I need to get rid of roaches without endangering my cats.
I have used borax mixed with sugar with total success ! I sprinkled it in every cupboard, along the edge of the floor, anywhere i could. I never had a problem again with roaches
1 container of boric acid
1 can sweetened condensed milk
1 box powdered sugar
food color optional
Mix first 3 ingredients. Add food coloring if you want to indicate poisonous. Roll into “roach balls” and put in strategic places – behind refrigerators, stoves, etc. IT WORKS!
I had roaches in kitchen that came back after every insecticide use and bug bombs even after doubling the recommended bug bombs. Similar to Bonnie, but I used Diatomaceous Earth spread out all along the walls and counter edges so that they had to walk through it. A couple days later I was still seeing them scurry around but a week or so later – gone. I left the powder in place for as long as I possibly could – longer than 1 week. 4 years later and still no sign of the pests.
Holly, get diatomaceous earth it will kill any bug with an outer skeleton.you can get it online.put it in all your outlets and anyplace you see them go to Diatomaceous earth.com
You can get diatomaceous earth at any pool supply stores as well.
Do not use the diatamaceous earth from the pool supply stores, it is different than the food grade variety. You want to make sure it is not harmful to kids and pets.
There is a white chalk that you should be able to get at flea markets that’s not expensive. Comes in a boxx with more than 1 chalk piece. Roaches walk over where you place the chalk line and die so be careful where you place it. Works Great
Borax powder is to ants what eating broken glass would be to humans. There are basically two types of ants, sugar eating ones and grease eating ones. To determine which ones you are dealing with cut out 2 small squares of cardboard. On one place some jelly and the other some grease, bacon or otherwise. Observe which one the ants are attracted to. Mix thoroughly a teaspoon of borax powder with a tablespoon of either the jelly or grease and place it on a piece of cardboard in the ant trail. The ants will carry it back to the nest and it will wipe out the colony and the queen. Keep it away from pets.
Hello Sam Watkins, is this Red Ants or does it also apply to Black Ants? I have a problem with both. I Love this comment.
Thank You
I Love all the other comments too, many good suggestions I have not found anywhere else. Thank you All ;o)
Good advice to all the questions now i have a question for you how do ii get rid of moths in the home”
Ugh!! Find the source, get the little tent traps from Ace hardware and set those out. We used a little sweeper and kept sucking them up. It took all winter but we finally got them! Moth balls helped some if you can handle the smell!
Hi Jim try highlighting the page then copy it and put in an empty document. name it helpful hints then open the document after saving it then click on print and it should print if your printer is hooked up.
I use *febreeze* air freshener to get rid of ants on kitchen counters (or any other surface.) You have to apply daily after washing counter tops. “Explorer” ants can’t find their way back to the hill so “gatherer” ants never show up. Also spray anywhere (behind stoves, under sink, under drawers (remove drawer and spray) to deter ants from coming it the house.
buy a big bucket of granulated chlorine for hot tubs and grind it to a near powder in a blender. sprinkle liberally around where you want bugs to stay away from. if you do not want it to soak to roots of plants the cut a round hole in tin pie pan and a slit on one side, then place it around base of plant. Curl up the inner edges away from plant and fill with 1/4 inch of the powdered chlorine. ZAP! no bugs.
Ants also do not like Lemon pledge. I spray that on my kitchen counters, around the sink and stove. Do it twice a week keeps them away.
Is there anything that can be used to take away the itching and swelling of a bite from a black fly.
Witch hazel ($ Store) or for me good ole Fuller Brush Witch Hazel lotion, one of their best selling products, BUT not to sell, but to tell.
Tiger Balm! This stuff is amazing on mosquito bites so it will probably work on other insect bites. Rub it well into the bite as soon as possible and, in most cases, the welt will never form and no itch! I’ve always used the original very small containers of Tiger Balm. I’m not sure the larger “muscle rub” versions are the same formula.
Activated charcoal will take the sting and itching away and avoid swelling. Worked on mutiple fire ant bites and wasp stings. Messy but effective.
Take Adolph’s meat tenderizer, about a tablespoon, and add drops of water until you create a paste. apply the paste to your bite and cover it with a band aid to keep it from wiping off. Itching & swelling will be gone shortly. This works on Wasps, Bees, Mosquitos, etc. but not if you’re allergic. If you’re allergic, seek medical help.
Thought I would let anyone know that I use 2 different natural oils to keep certain bugs away.I mix a spray bottle of water then put several cloves of garlic in with the spray bottle of water.Let set over night or for a few hours and then spray away.I use this to get rid of the aphids and ants on my flowers.I use it daily for several weeks.It does not kill them all but it does help keep them off my plants.I also will put several drops of pure peppermint extract on a cotton balls and put it around my plants and that also helps keep those pests bugs away.
Hey Jeff, go peddle your lies somewhere else. Of course you are going to say they are safe. You make your living off them. You should go to an alternative care physician and find out what they are doing to YOU!!
As the owner of a pest control company, with over 31 years of personal experience in the business, I’m always amazed at the misinformation and scare tactics that show up in these kinds of articles. The pesticides available today are, for the most part, extremely low in toxicity to people and domestic animals when used as the label instructs! Even the concentrate of most of the pesticides that I use has only a Caution signal word. People will risk being the victim of all kinds of pest-borne effects because of an irrational fear of pesticides. That to me is amazing. Mosquitos are vectors of all sorts of diseases and sicknesses but could be controlled with very low-toxicity pesticides.
As for some of the comments, people should be ashamed to fall for the BS! Ants exploding from corn meal is so silly! Adult ants don’t even eat solid foods! The 4th instar larva has to digest solids in order to feed the other ants in the colony. I could go on and on about the misinformation in this article and the comments! Amazing.
I raise birds to sell. There are many products that indicate low-toxicity that are fine around people, even cats and dogs, but NOT safe around birds due to their different lung arrangement. I have issues with flies and mosquitoes and am ALWAYS in search of ideas to kill and repel these pests without doing harm to the birds. Also, on a fixed income, pest control services are WAAAAYYY out of my budget.
Well for flies and fruit flies, they are annoying you can make a trap from a pop bottle. Use cider vinegar and some liquid soap in the bottom. Make a cone on the top from paper or tape the top of the cut bottle and tape the top of the bottle upside down in there. They fly in and drown. I know Food Lion also sells a product with sticky tape that works the same way. Just add the cider vinegar to the bottom and the flies will come and stick to it. it’s a Raid brand fly stick and really works very well about $5
I have found any flying insects with multifaceted eyes do not like to fly nearby when there is a zip lock baggie w water in it – to them it appears as a “hole in space” and disorients them so they will not fly near it. I hang them from the vents in my soffits (underneath of the eaves) in front and back – no flies, bees, mosquitos AND ALL CRITTERS/INSECTS are protected. I am not killing anything (including our dwindling Honey Bees population) just making it uncomfortable for them to be near my entrances! Works like a charm : )
Jeff, I have mitochondrial damage due to pesticide exposure, confirmed via muscle biopsy which showed crystalline inclusions in my cells that was the accumulated residue from the pesticide. Active ingredient: Fipronil; found in many products we are exposed to and often don’t know it or to what extent we are being exposed. It was being used in my office (military base), a perimeter spray outside both my office and base housing, gel bait inside my base housing (all applied by a certified pest control provider), flea and tick treatment on my dog (Frontline… And the only form I personally administered), and a pre-treatment of the rice crops growing in my community with its metabolites present in ground water runoff (oh, and the metabolites from the degrading product are more detrimental to mammals than the original product). The damage done is permanent and degenerative. I can’t afford more chemical insults to my system. But I also don’t want to live with bugs. So information like this is valuable.
I’ve done my digging into the medical journals researching this product and it is perhaps even more dangerous than you were taught. When Fipronil entered the market in the 90’s, it was touted as safer than the product it was replacing. Now it has been proven to be more dangerous. It was thought to only have one mode of action that marginally effected mammals. Now we know it has seven modes of action that either directly or indirectly effect mitochondrial function of mammals. Mitochondria are the very starting point of energy and health and their degradation in both numbers and functional capacity is being linked to most major illnesses; from heart disease to cancer, MS, lupus, etc., etc. The risk is real. I live with that fact every day.
Jeff,
While I appreciate your professional opinion, I know many professionals who are given a line by the chemical suppliers they use that those products are safe. They even have “scientific” proof to show you. What they don’t tell you is that they are the people who run those “scientific” tests. Add to that the effect of multiple, long-term use of the “safe” levels used in a single pesticide treatment and we are talking very harmful levels.
Your comment “…for the most part…” tells me all I need to know about your toxicity claims. I’ve seen many animals suffer from pesticide intake. I also live in a farming area where many pesticides are used and the rates for normal cancers are 3 time the rate anywhere else in the country. The rates for unusual cancers are 10 times higher.
Fear of pesticides is not irrational!
I have used and proven the effectiveness of many of the natural methods mentioned in this and other articles and books. Some are not useful – but to call them silly is to demean the person giving their opinion.
I have used many non-lethal to human chemicals in my efforts to eradicate ants and they work better than any exterminator I have had come to my home.
You might do a bit of research of your own outside of the products and suppliers you use. There are tons of proofs that pesticides are harmful.
Sir, I know you do this for a living and you have been trained to think that those many chemicals are “safe”, but long term use of most of them causes a lot of problems for humans and animals. I live organic and non-gmo. I am so tired of big companies making a lot of money off telling us things are “safe” and yet they are the ones that are responsible for most of the pollution on the earth, and they are the ones that don’t even use the products they create. I know of a fellow who worked for Monsanto for several years. He found out that the “higher ups” in the company don’t use their products. Nobody that has a lot of money does. They know GMO’s and all pesticides will kill you. Think about all the constant chemicals that are sprayed everywhere. Where does it end up? In our lungs, in our food and in our ground water. No thanks. The AMA and the Pharmaceutical companies don’t give a rip. They make a lot of money, because people get sick. The government doesn’t care, because people die. Less population. So, do some research on the stuff that you’re spraying around. You might want to rethink what you’re doing. Maybe some of the stuff on this site is stupid, but there is a lot of things available out there, that aren’t so toxic.
sprinkle salt where they come in .They will melt in sALT
Do you have any suggestions on how to get rid of mice?? We have traps set-up, have placed “ONE BITE”, in our garage. They chewed through the wall and into our pantry. Then chewed into our plastic storage containers, eating into bags of flour and other food storage. We’re at our wits end! Thank you Frank.
Sincerely,
R. Muench
Mice are tough, especially if your neighbors (or the fields) are fertile breeding grounds.
Put some peppermint oil on a cotton ball and place it in the cupboard. The mice are allergic and will go away.
Use glue boards for mice. My son said that that was the only thing that caught the mice.
A cat or two should do the trick. Only use I have for cats actually IS rodent control. There are several small dogs that will also do the trick. Plus pets have so many other good qualities unless, of course, you have allergies.
Hah! This is funny. I hate big mouse hiding under my couch for 2 months. I had 3 cats in that room. They never caught the mouse. One nite i was sitting on the couch watching a movie with my Datsun dog, and out of the corner of my eye ran the mouse by the outside door, the cats surrounded it, but before the cats could grab it, the Datsun in two seconds jumped off the couch and grabbed the big mouse in his mouth. I quick opened the door, the dog ran outside, dropped the mouse on the snow and it was dead. It was super quick. That dog got the mouse and the cats couldn’t even catch it in two months!
To deter the mice, toss moth balls around. They will do the trick and not kill anything, just something about moth balls that mice don’t like~~~
It’s called smell… that’s what they don’t like
Unfortunately, though, mothballs are carcinogenic.
BUT mothballs are very poisonous and if a dog eats one it will die. Be careful.
Well rodents are tough to get rid of without using a bait station. Mice are bad enough, roof rats even worse. Check online for a good style of bait station and then get some mouse/rat traps to place inside. peanut butter should work on the traps and monitor daily.
To Ronda Miench: Yup…..get a cat. No more mice problems~
I discovered on my own, expermenting with WINDEX to get rid of bugs and unwanted insects by spraying Windex in all corners of rooms and along floor areas where I think they are coming in. I clean two Edward Jones Offices and by using the Windex spray the spiders are dissappearing. My boss could hardly believe it and gave me a $5 raise. Try it and see if it works for you. Buy the 1 Gal. Streak-Free Shine Windex Complete for Glass & Multi-Surface Cleaner. It works just great !!!
I believe Windex contains ammonia. That is probably what fiends of the insects. Why not just buy straight ammonia. It’s probably cheaper than buying Windex. Try it and see.
I had deer eating everything in my vegetable garden. I made a concoction of 3 eggs (beaten), 1-1/2 cup tap water and 4 TBS of Cayenne Pepper. I then put rubber gloves on and started splatted it all over each plant. There was no problem with deer after that. If it rains, you must repeat the cycle.
Frank: if you put a thin layer of dish soap on the counters in the kitchens & nightly or daily this will keep them out because they will not walk thru it & take it back to their homes, for fear of killing babies & eggs must be kept moist to work when it dries they tend to return. Can be used in bathrooms since they are looking for water & not just food.
Hi frank I can’t get the video on my phone on how to make your own pesticides environmental safe sprays do you have any written info. I could read up on??,also being a nature and take of our mother earth freak is their any natural pesticides that just keep them off your plants trees and out of your home that doesn’t kill them?? They all do have a important roll in nature and about 89% of the bugs out there are beneficial bugs
so don’t want to interfere with that but also don’t want them harming my plants etc. As well. hope that makes sense and hope you understand.. Thanks
Gina
There are tons of places to get great earth-friendly gardening advice. This is a quick rundown that covers alot of ground: http://eartheasy.com/grow_nat_pest_cntrl.htm
IF I SEE ANTS GOING AROUND MY CELLAR, I TAKE BLEACH OR STRAIGHT VINEGAR AND SPRAY IT AROUND THE OUTSIDE OF THE BASEMENT.
Get some bay leaves and place them where the ants are
Is there a way to read ghis info instead of watching it? This messes with my data chsrges.
I have a problem with ants coming in my house.I use an ant and roach spray to kill them it does the job but I don’t like the idea of the side affects of the spray.Can you tell me what I can use that’s not a chemical?
http://www.mnn.com/your-home/at-home/blogs/13-natural-remedies-for-the-ant-invasion
Neem is great for repelling, but to get rid of the ants for a longer period, there’s a natural killer. Purchase some Cornmeal and scatter it where the ants come through. When you do, they’ll take it as food back into their nests. When they get thirsty and go for the water, the cornmeal will expand and they’ll die because they don’t have the room in their digestive tract to eliminate it. :) The most natural method I know of.
This is baloney. Back in the late 1970’s or early 1980’s my cousin told our uncle this as a joke. He was then spotted spreading corn meal on some ant beds he had. Didn’t kill or chase one ant. These where some of the healthiest ants in the neighborhood.
Use Borax! find it in the laundry section. Put little piles of it here and there inside your window sill…at back and corners of your cabinet. (Sometimes I put mine on a piece of foil or in a jar lid.) If you see ants marching, just put some right where they’re coming and going. Soon, they’ll be gone!
Charles, believe it or not, chalk. You can draw a line between your home and the ants and the ants and roaches will not cross the chalk line. It is the calcium carbonate that messes with their sent markers. If you can not draw a line then use chalk powder and drop it in a line. When the line disappears just redo it.
Thanks, Cliff A. I had heard this before but had forgotten. The chalk worked great out on my cement patio. I have a recycled can bin that was always being infested with ants. I used one of those sticks of sidewalk chalk my grandkids use for art projects on the driveway. I just drew a thick unbroken line around the bin and viola…no more ants in the bin! Also works great drawn around dog dishes that sit outside. Completely safe and no ants infesting their food or water.
Awesome simple and easy thanks.
My home is on a slab (concrete). Beginning in late December every year I get snail on my kitchen floor. I don’t know if they are coming from the sink area or under the fridge. I spray them and the floor with organic non-toxic bug spray (which smells as bad and chokes me up as much and any other one). It kills them, but I want to unwelcome them…
Helen, use a copper wire or flat copper band (found in the garden section) snails don’t and won’t cross over the copper. It messes with their slime and kills them. The reason you have so many snails is because a snail or two had laid its eggs on a moist area, like under the sink or behind the fridge. You will get snails for a few years unless you apply a layer of salt which will dry up the snail eggs. Good luck. :-)
Don’t — I repeat — DON’T smash or squish or step on adult snails. it can and does release new eggs that adult snails carry. We use a strong salt and water solution in small containers. When we find a snail, it gets a salt bath. The “bath” kills the snails and also the unhatched eggs if any.
I agree cut to the chase [get to the point] I don’t have time to listen to video after video. You just loose me and I stop watching/listening to endless chatter! So needles to stay I never get to the end [so don’t heard/see what you posted.
I use feed grade molasses 50/50 mixture of water and molasses. Pour starting on the outside edge and work you way to the center of the mound. Cost about $1.50 a gallon for feed grade molasses; makes 2 gallons of treatment. Ants will be gone over night with one treatment.
Having a BAD year with black widows.
I have killed up to 15, in one day, crawling up the wall for the early sun.
It’s 32 out mow, so they come out after 1 pm.
For organic pest control tips, go to Howard Garretts website dirtdoctor.com
I have used instant grits on ant hills. The ants eat the grits, then later when they consume moisture, the grits expand; thereby killing them. It seems to work.
Why do you waste our time with a stupid lengthy video when the information could be conveyed in a list or a few paragraphs? For that matter, if you do have the courtesy to put it in writing, put it in a form that’s easy to print out. Like a PDF.
When I clicked on the link to see what the bug killer was…I expected to see what it was…not another link with another endless video! Enough already! These videos are too long going on and on with the carrot dangling. My time is just as valuable as yours, and I do not have time to listen to this endless babble. Your ideas are good, but they loose their meaning with all the non-essential crap attached. Just cut to the chase….we’re not all idiots out here!
I so agree. I hate these videos! Just put it to print and let us read it, print it or save it.
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I totaly agree, our time is as valualble as yours and those video’s are far to long and don’t do anything but piss us off.
AMEN: Read it in 3 minutes or watch a 20 min. video. After all you only get 10 per day. Most videos I get wind up in the trash. Lots of them I would like to have the info. but I don’t have all day to sit and look at an endless video that spends most of the time on repeating an endless droning on and on.
I so agree, I really dislike these kinds of videos, when I don’t know how long it is, I don’t watch it at all.
I agree too. These videos are a turn off for me. I KNOW HOW TO READ.
FYI, guys, this is not *MY* video – just one I found online that I thought would be interesting and helpful. On ALL of my videos, if you try to exit out, you get a popup box that will lead you to the written version.
If you don’t want to be pestered by mosquitos, eat a few walnuts every day. I had no idea that they stayed away from people who eat walnuts until I was laughing at everyone at a picnic one day because they were getting mosquito bites, and the little pests would fly away from me.. One of the men asked if I ate walnuts, and I told him that I eat about 5 walnuts every day on my cereal, simply because I like them. He then said that the oil in them keeps mosquitos away as they can smell it in your skin. I then realized that I used to get bit by mosquitos until I started eating walnuts. I drive out to a walnut orchard every year and buy 3 or 4 huge sacks for my cereal and for snacking. Nice to know that something you like is really good for you,
I could not agree more about these videos! I like this site, this organization EXCEPT for these god-awful videos! If the folks who make them really get a kick out of creating them, fine! Enjoy! Have a ball! But I am quite positive that you lose a lot of business because of them. IF you’d rather NOT lose business, then at least offer TWO OPTIONS for readers to get your information – video OR text, preferably bulleted lists rather than long-drawn-out ones. When I see that the information is offered only via video, I don’t even BOTHER! Even though
I’m retired, life is to be LIVED! Not to sit around watching long-winded, boring videos! I just want to get the information. Quickly! Furthermore, my internet connection goes by data bits and videos use up a whole lot more of them than plain, simple text. So, please! These videos, WILL, eventually, KILL your business!
‘m retired,
Thanks Ginger, I’m one of those people where the mosquito will eat first in a room of 1000 people, then he will come back for seconds and thirds. Walnuts are on my shopping list from now on.
FYI. The mosquitoes that bite are all females. The males don’t bite. I’ve never heard of anything different.
When I clicked on the link to see what the bug killer was…I expected to see what it was…not another link with another endless video! Enough already! These videos are too long going on and on with the carrot dangling. My time is just as valuable as yours, and I do not have time to listen to this endless babble. Your ideas are good, but they loose their meaning with all the non-essential crap attached. Just cut to the chase….we’re not all idiots out here!
Boric Acid powder is good for roaches and ants.It’s harmless to humans,pets,plants,etc.the crawling ones ingest it and it clogs up their insides and kills them.They also get it on their feet and take it back to the nest.
I for one plan on long term survival. That means growing and raising your own foods while maintaining a healthy environment in which to thrive. If you plan on continuing to cause more damage to your world after a major disaster by continued use of the crap that is more likely to be the cause of the disaster to begin with the first thing you need to do is stock up on bullets. All you really need is one for yourself giving the rest of us a fighting chance to live on and rebuild with out continued destruction of mother earth. We only get this one for the time being. Healthy eating and protection of what is left without the continued use of chemical destruction is the way to make it beyond the first couple of years. Natural and organic will be your best chance of long medical free life. So please don’t pollute my survivalist plan with continued blind stupidity…
Natural pest control is the sane answer for my family… Dee
You would really be great? What would really be great is if we could just get the information, without having to listen to a long video, about someone going on, and on, and on, and they would just tell you what you need to know. What would be great is if we could just get the information without a big long drawnout sales pitch about what we need, and not why we need to buy my book, you need to watch my video, or you go see all this, I got to tell you everything, instead, of just giving you the information.
In my opinion if the patriot headquarters can’t give you the information without all of this extra sales crap, I don’t need patriot headquarters. All it is is another wrapped up package of someone trying to sell me something.
Instead of implying that you want to help me, just get to the point already. You want me to buy something, oh I’ll tell you, but you have to buy this. That’s all it is.
Personally, I’m not at all convinced that some of these treatments are effective, and since most of the ingredients won’t be available if SHTF, they’re irrelevant unless you choose to eat up valuable stockpiling space with them.
Being “green” or “natural” isn’t high on my list when basic survival is getting dicey. However, I do recommend stockpiling some serious rat & mouse poisons, like Rampage or Havoc since I assume those will multiply like crazy if society breaks down. I also stock dozens of mousetraps & rat traps — the usual kind, plus some Have-a-Heart live traps, for possibly trapping & feeding small vermin to my dogs.
If gardening is in your plans you should stock some SeRIOUS pesticides and use them properly. Your crop will be your life, and potential runoff into the Bay is hardly a concern when the population is going to drop like a rock within weeks or months. Also, a lot of bird netting and fencing material to protect your garden from pests is only common sense.
“Trash birds” can sometimes get past netting and destroy corn & other crops you may rely on, which is one of the reasons my arsenal includes a high-powered air rifle (in .22 caliber, brand: RWS model 34, $195). Unlike other firearms, stocking “ammo” for an airgun is very, very cheap & takes up little room. 25,000 pellets will barely dent your budget, but will stop crows, rabbits, squirrels, etc. and not make a lot of noise to attract unwanted attention. They will also take small game like rabbits, squirrel, grouse & wild turkey — though the latter may take some skill, and definitely the higher-powered airgun, not the cheap Daisy or Beemans you usually see at Wal-Mart. A high-powered air rifle like mine would certainly do serious damage to a human, if it became necessary, but only with a face or head shot, or thru very light clothing. A well-placed shot might even be fatal.
The larger “live” or “humane” traps will also handle vermin like skunks, rabbits, coon, opossum, which you can either kill, relocate or eat, as you prefer. They’re quieter than firearms and are definitely the gardener’s friend — and they’re essentially a permanent, maintenance=free tool you can use forever. Around my rural area, we could probably trap several rabbits a week and never make a dent in the population.
Experimental pest control is fine for the casual gardener, but for a serious preparedness situation, I recommend you go with VERY serious equipment and well-proven chemicals.
Thank you for your helpful ideas to better a survival kit . Never thought about alot of what you just told us . Thank you
I have wanted to get a air gun and almost got one from Wal-Mart. Thanks for the info . Never thought to store up on garden supplies. Good info.
We have coqui frogs…as do most folks on the Island of Hawaii. What do you recommend to deter these obnoxiously loud little creatures? These coaquis are absolutely overruning the entire island (and found on the other islands as well). Help!
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At least you don’t have snakes.
I Live in Fla 4 now. When my bantam Chix would get out they ate the bugs and fought over the tasty frogs. They also kept snakes out of the yard. Down side for free roaming Chix…hawks and owls. Roosters can b noisy, hens quiet both non destructive to adult plants. Eggs great.
have you ever priced priced frog legs ? they are a delicacy in a lot of places. purchase a 3 prong spear and have fun.
Yes, I would love to hear about the bug killer.
Thanks
Selena
Great information. I have to try this on the bugs that we get from our neighbors maple trees, I have been paying for the chemical sprays every year . thanks for this info.
Wow, I’m impressed! I like all of the remedies that of the readers have. Thanks!
how can i keep birds out of my strawberries
I bought Bird netting from Johnnys Seed for just that purpose. great for small patch where it can be held up so they can’t reach through bigger patches may not work so well
Put rubber snakes around the leaves. I keep them off my grapes this way.
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Another good trick for getting rid of fleas on pets is sprinkle borax on their bedding. it also works well on carpets. my dogs haven’t had fleas in years.
But borax is a poison and if they get it on their feet and lick their feet they can get sick or die. My dogs are always licking their feet i see.
Borax is not a poison, it is an acid. Which is probably why your dogs are licking their paws, because the acid is burning them.
Try some vinegar and water in a spray bottle to get rid of afids on plants and roses.
You can also use rubbing alcohol and water. The alcohol kills the aphids and white flies and their eggs. You will need to re-apply every 5 days to kill all the eggs, larval and adult insects. Also using worm casting also helps keep these pests away. the plants love the castings, rich in nutrients for the plants but gives a bad taste to the insects. Its the 1-2 punch.
WOW! THANK YOU! I’m going to try the cinnamon on our porch where the ants haven’t responded to a lot of what we’ve put down for them!
I used to teach yoga, and one day was practicing head stand in our yard. My head began itching, so i called up my acupuncturist, telling him i suspected lice. He said to just cover my head with castor oil, keeping it on about 20 minutes. I did this, (washing head afterward with baking soda in warm water, and had no more problem My hair was really silky after the treatment, also!
Walmart sells caster oil fairly cheap.
We were at a resort in Arkansas and were sitting under thier pavillion when my then-wife noticed a very large wasp nest up in the peak of the roof. This nest had dozens and dozens of wasps on it. Creepy..(she is very allergic to stings) The owner of the resort said not to panic (she did), he promply went in the lodge and came out with a glass of warm water which he added some dawn dish soap into and stirred gently so not to make it foam, then threw it upwards and hit the entire nest and I’ll be damned, every last wasp died almost instantly upon hitting the ground. It was so unbelievable but it worked and I have been using it ever since.
My son-in-law used that on one we had at my dad’s house and I was amazed….it really does work.
Much safer to destroy wasps at night.
There are still wasps out and when they come back looking for the nest they will just fly around more. That’s why better to spray nest at nite when they are all in it asleep.
Diatomaceous earth sprinkled around the barn, the corral on piles of manure, the manure heap,and in the chicken coop will keep bugs dead. It looks like and feels like a powder but the exoskeletal shell of newly hatched flies, and fly larvae are torn open by the stuff like glass lacerates skin, and they dry up. It can be ingested by animals too, and will kill parasites, worms eggs, etc.
But, you have to be careful of the birds.
Diatomaceous earth will not hurt people or animals. It actually is good for you. It kills things with an exoskeleton such as ants and cockroaches, fleas and bedbugs too.
Straight Diatomaceous earth, with nothing else added, will not harm birds. It will only kill exoskeleton shelled insects and parasites.
Yes I agree. But, there are some gardening products that use Diatomaceous earth, that have poisons added. So, check the label to be sure that you are getting just Diatomaceous earth and nothing else.
For mosquitoes use “Listerine” full strength in a spray bottle. It works well. Use the old style that tastes terrible. not sure, but the the sweeter kind might attract them.
Listerine the yellow kind is great. Mix some with mineral oil and water in a spray bottle. Spray on dog that has allergies from flea bites and it heals the skin. Won’t hurt to lick it off. I read that in a newspaper by a Vet. I made some for a friend and it healed her dogs back. Ya gotta shake it tho before using cuz will separate.
Very interesting and helpful, will continue to follow this.
Daughter is climbing the ladder at Whole Foods.
Do you have anything marketed there or
is this a possibility.
Thanks,
Marie
TEA FROM CHEWING TOBACCO/SOAK IN NYLON OR CHEESECLOTH/ 1GALLON WARM WATER SOAK OVER NITE .DO NOT USE ON TOMATOES THEY DO NOT LIKE IT.
I see how this is all possible to do but with the financial strapping I have taken since I have been out of work for 9 months I can’t afford it right now, still trying to get my business off the ground and all the information I have already purchased, I will be using on my own place as soon as I get some land and a place to build a home on that I can build and have for my children and gran children. I have been doing things to help take care of my children for years now that two of my five have been fighting Cancer for years. I came across this company Vollara, and did a lot of research on the products they sell. As a designer, I can say I have tried to get industrial laundry companies to go soap less, since some of the things they put in soap can cause Cancer, and they are dumping it all into our drinking water but I found products that can revers some of the damage we have done to ourselves by drinking the public water, and believe me the bottled water isn’t any better.
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There are a number of plants you may have growing in your vicinity which repel bugs, including mosquitos. Garlic is the most well known. Just eat it and your body will exude the heady aroma and bugs will steer clear. So will your friends. Wormwood, lavender, rosemary, elderberry leaves, sassafras leaves, either of them alone, and pounded and mixed into a bit of oil and touched here and there on your hat, your sleeves, your pant legs, and socks will deter most insects.
Another great site to go to is Jerry Baker. We bought his books and use many of the mixtures he suggests (all natural) and they work. I have added the site for you to look at.
P.S. We use the one for the lawn and our lawn is the greenest on the block! Everyone asks how we do it! When we tell them it is all natural they just say “yeah, right”.
What can I use on inside plants (lemon trees, etc) to get rid of spiders? In a solarium/sunroom?
If you don’t have pets, your best bet is actually mouse glue traps. They catch spiders beautifully, won’t harm your plants and are non toxic in your home.
I used a remedy for killing ants I found in an old Farmer’s Almanac. Mix equal parts borax (good ol’ Mule Team for laundry) and powdered sugar together. Add enough water to make it slightly runny. Put the mixture on small lids or cardboard on the ‘runs’ where the ants are. (The runs are the paths the ants use regularly.) Or even around a mound. My daughter lived on a farm when the kids were little and could not let them play outdoors because of a large ant hill close to the door. We made this up and the ants were gone in 2 days. From what the article in the Farmer’s Almanac said is the ants carry it to the queen and then they eat it and they die.
Hi – Yes I’d like to know about natural home-made insect control – ch kev
Thanks for all the info. on bugs. What do you do to keep birds from pooping over things.
We have a bunch tht roose under the metal on the carport.
I can’t recall the name, but it’s something like “Tacky Foot” and most garden supply stores carry it. It comes in a tube and you spread it on the surface where they like to roost. It’s very sticky & they don’t like it, so they go elsewhere.
For fleas, we use salt, sprinkled on the carpets…allow it to sit for a couple of days and then vacuum up…empty bag or cup after use…worked great…the salt cuts through their shells and kills them…
To attract the fleas in your carpet to one area use a 4 inch by 4 inch white piece of paper. Be sure there is no foot traffic near the paper. The fleas are attracted to the white and will hop over there thinking it is something to eat. Don’t go near to prove them right.
I discovered this by accident when I had moved into an apartment that was flea infested. I had a white sheet of paper on the floor in a room that I had stored my boxes in. Two weeks later, I went into the room and discovered the paper covered with dead fleas. I had bug bombed the apartment once a week and nothing happened. The fleas would burrow into the carpet and escape the poison. I even had an exterminator come in and spray the carpets. But the fleas just kept coming. I used the white paper method and two weeks the fleas were dead. When you face an infestation you want it gone and taken care of then and there. But that doesn’t always happen. You must have patience and time. You can kill the adults, but, the larva can hatch 5 days later or even 10 days later. It all depends on the circumstances, climate, or the reintroduction from an outside source. Know the life cycle of your enemy and break that cycle.
@James Stevens: tea tree oil…place a towel around shoulders, spray tea tree oil lightly on the hair at full strength, comb through to saturate, let sit for 15-20 minutes…do not get into eyes and it has a very strong odor, but not intolerable…rinse out throughly with warm water and dawn dishwashing liquid…carefully check for dead lice and comb out and remove any nits (eggs), they are tiny silvery looking and attach to the base of the neck and behind the ears mostly…retreat in 6 days to kill any that hatched from missed nits (eggs)…spray all jackets and bookbags, anything that could be exposed with Off once a week…never saw it again after the first treatment…it came from bookbags and jackets hanging together at school…the Off kept it at bay from then on…tea tree oil is also used as in insect repellent…I also recommend placing pillows in the dryer every morning for two weeks after first treatment…worked like a charm…
Tea tree oil can be poisonous to people, birds and animals. Use caution .
I forgot to add that trying to save money by using cheap salt I had to have a carpet cleaning service come in and dry the carpet. So saving money actually cost me much more. Lesson learned.
Natural pest killers have nothing to do with surviveing a disaster. The ingredients wouldn’t be available to make them after a disaster. Nor would the stuff needed to make solar panels and the such. Okay say you’ve got a disaster plan and kit at home. Suddenly all hell breaks loose when a meteorite hits the Earth near you. You’re at work and your family is at home. Shockwaves has destroyed homes for hundreds of miles away from where the meteorite hit. Thus your family and your disaster kit and gone has probably been destroyed. All you have is yourself and you have no communications and no way to contact the outside world or to get help. No transportation since the roads are destroyed by rock slides, floods, and earthquakes. What do you do? You survive by useing what’s available. You catch fish with your hands. Kill animals with deadfalls and pits. If there no water around drink the dew. Collect it if you can. Use your wits and your skills to stay alive. Disasters don’t give you a warning that they are going to happen so prepare for them by knowing how to live off the land.
I absolutely agree. When your survival is at stake, go with serious material and serious pest control, especially if you plan on growing some plants to augment your food supply. Use the ferocious rat & mouse poisons & traps, and whatever spray local farmers & gardeners use..
Finding a nearby place to fish (and having the basic equipment) is going to be more important than decreasing pesticide runoff into the local river or Bay.
Richard, I see you have NEVER BEEN IN A DISASTER. I have. I have seen where an violent merciless army approaches a small town or village and the population goes running into the hills only to find dead bodies of men, women and children and animals. The stench of the dead is something you will never ever forget. The flies and maggots that covered the bodies would make you vomit for months and the image is something that will stay with you for the rest of your life. Nothing more discussing than to see wanton waste of life, than to be the one to clean it up and remove and bury the dead, the men, the women, the children, and the dead animals.
When we went to extract the dead for burial we would spray them down with insecticide to prevent these nasty critters from jumping from the dead to the living. We would use long sticks to push the worse of these poor people onto the stretchers. Then we would dump them into a mass grave and go back and get another one.
So yes Richard, I suggest you learn from my experiences and those here voicing their experiences on Frank’s Bates Blog. Otherwise, you may come down with something that might kill you like Lyme disease, or West Nile Disease, because you didn’t learn to reduce or eliminate the pests through vector control. Did you know that if you pour 1/2 cup of gasoline on a stagnate pond you can kill the mosquito larva, thus kill the mosquitoes that carry the West Nile virus?
So Richard plan for your future and your family’s future by knowing what to do “JUST IN CASE” scenarios.
I believe that is diesel fuel. Although, gas would work at first. Over time it will evaporate. With diesel fuel it creates an oily layer on the surface of the water. This will block off their oxygen supply. And it will not evaporate like gasoline.
Kool post Richard! Also, dig a hole, put a bowl in the middle of the hole. Lay a sheet of clear plastic like a trash bag over the hole, put stones or bricks around the outside edges to hold plastic in hole. Do this in summer of course. The dew will drip down into the bowl for pure water to drink. I suppose in winter you can melt snow, but takes a lot of snow to make water. I think 12 inches of snow equals one inch of water. I’m a prepper too. Refreshing to find another one. I live rural too. I have a woodstove, candles, lamps, etc. In summer i am having the handy man install a removable well pump over my well. I am afraid an EMP will knock out the power grid and the well pump will not work without electricity. Read One Second After.
Malvin, please. That’s not stealing. It’s a post on a public site for all to see giving info for free. If you’re going to critique, please be correct. Good info for those that want it. Thanks Frank.
frank stop stealing from people you are no patriot
A tree fell in our woods and I noticed a line of carpenter ants heading into a hole in my cedar siding. I had some diatomaceous earth in the garage for chicken dust (rolling in it helps rid them of mites). I put some of the earth in a small container and ‘painted’ it, dry, anywhere I saw the ants’ trail. Eventually I also put it into the hole so they would not re-enter but I waited until few were around as I did not want to block them IN my house.
I used it for a small infestation of bedbugs. I sprinkled it between the sheets, on the bed frame parts and in a circle around the bed on the floor. I didn’t put it on the pillow but all around it. Don’t vacuum it up. Sweep it and wash it up. It will ruin your vacuum.
I had powder post beetles in an old barn I bought. Boron is great for those and termites. You can spray an expensive preparation all over a wood building or you can use Borax. The only problem is that you don’t want to do the outside of a building if it will wash onto the ground, as it will poison the dirt for plants. Boron is a mineral we need so I didn’t worry about my daughter helping me spray, as I might have with a poison. Boron kills the gut fauna of the bugs so they can’t digest their stomach full of wood.
Solutions for bedbugs
I have been using tobasco and soap water for years! It not only kils bugs, but keeps small animals from nibling as well! This can be applied as often as needed without harming the plants or fruit.
Inside of Home infested with fleas: a bowl of vineger or soapy or salty water under a night light. Let bowl sit through out several nights. Fleas jump to the light and land in the bowl.
To kill most bugs around, boil a pouch of chewing tobacco in a gallon of water for an hour…strain and save. Use 1/8 th cup per 1 gallon of water and spray your plants and vegetables. Increase strength until you get the desired results. Spray usually is effective for about 5 days…respray. The nicotine disrupts the bugs digestive system. Start with a weak solution time you boil a new pouch of chewing tobacco. Respray after a rain.
To keep mosquitos away while outdoors just fill a spray bottle with Listerene and spray the vegetation around you. This will drive the pesky critters away. Repeat as needed. Spray your tents or camper awnings also. You can also spray paper towels and hang them around for a nightly deterrant.
Yes, I would like to find asoluion to bugs espesially fleas. Thank you’
Many oils are good for insects as it clogs up their spiracles or breathing tubes. Neem oil is about the best overall natural insecticide for this purpose. I would not recommend “feeding the ants” anything to take back to the colony unless it was laced with boric acid or another toxic agent. Otherwise you will just increase the size of the colony and sooner or later they will be back, in larger numbers, looking for more food to feed the larger colony.
Stan
17 years in the organic pest control business
duggy: put a few drops of tea tree oil (also known as Melaleuca Oil) in your shampoo. Some people don’t like the smell, but it sure is nice not to have to use so much in treating before showering. We buy shampoos and hand soap (and lots of other cleaning items) through Melaleuca.com. We also use the pure essential oils through doTERRA. I need to get some guinea hens!
tea tree oil is probably good for head lice and others…if you have itchy scalp use tea tree oil before shower …kills the mites that are making your scalp itch..tea tree oil is a very good disinfectant for cuts ..got a cut inside your mouth that is sore because it’s infected ? use oregano oil ..it is designed to be taken orally because it is dissolved in olive oil but it is still harsh.like a hot onion …i am used to it but you have to be prepared …do not use oregano oil on sensitive areas such as groin…use tea tree oil …oregano oil has helped stop a head / chest cold..its makers claim wide ranges of cures …
ps head lice prep smells suspiciously like kerosene ….kero probably would work…maybe a few drops in liquid soap ? keep anything out of your eyes !
The best thing I’ve found for my garden are guinea hens. I’ve watched them eating Japanese Beetles off of my beans as I was picking them. Didn’t have nearly as many beetles the following year. Unlike chickens, the guineas do not scratch and dig up plants or eat them. They only want the bugs!
I love Guinea’s! My neighbor gave me two., but they flew away in to the woods! I love the racket noise they make!
I lived in Florida and had a terrible flea problem. I heard about the salt trick so I sprinkled all over carpet. It started to rain all day .The dampness turned the salt to a wet mushy mess . It was awful . Make sure the weather is dry. !!!
A common home remedy for lice is mayonaise. Treat hair & scalp, then cover hair with bag for a couple hrs. Kills adults, but eggs still need removed with nit comb.
Anyone know of a sure killer for head lice. We will see a lot of that in the field when we cannot chose the hotel of our dreams to sleep in. jws tx
I am, ahem, a bit lacking in hair myself; however, nit comb would likely be a welcome item in most people’s bug out bag.
Peppermint oil keeps mice away… Cinnamin for ants. Try it. ….Also for ants scatter corn bread mix around patio. They take it home to the colony..