Archive for the ‘Pest prevention’ Category

Pest Prevention Exclusion Caulking Cracks

One of the many practices used for preventive pest control is exclusion. Exclusion is the practice of keeping the pests out by physically blocking their path of entry. The pictures below will help to illustrate: >>>
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The first picture is of a separation between a door frame, and the brick siding of the home. This [...]

November 18, 2009  Tags: , , ,   Posted in: Exclusion, Pest prevention, household pest control, how to control pests, preventive pest control  No Comments

Stopping Outdoor Pests From Coming Indoors: 12 Simple Prevention Tips

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Stopping Outdoor Pests From Coming Indoors: 12 Simple Prevention Tips
The article on this page is original, but has been published in other places on the Internet.
Outdoor Pests Indoor Pests Simple Pest Prevention Tips
Keeping pests out of your home is pretty simple really. Just don’t give them what they are looking [...]

October 13, 2009  Tags: ,   Posted in: Green pest control, Pest prevention, fly pest control, fly prevention, household pest control, insect prevention, pest control tips, pest prevention tips  No Comments

Pest Prevention is Proactive Pest Control Is Reaction

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Pest Prevention is Proactive Pest Control Is Reaction
Pest control is a reaction to a circumstance. The circumstance being, the presence of unwanted pests. Pest prevention is proactive, that is, actively seeking to stop the presence of unwanted pests. The purpose of pest control is to overcome the symptoms of a [...]

October 2, 2009  Tags: ,   Posted in: Pest prevention, proactive pest control  No Comments

Pest Prevention Natural Pest Control

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Pest prevention is the all natural form of pest control. It can be used without the assistance of potentially dangerous and expensive chemicals. Pest prevention can be achieved without the aid of “green” pesticides, which can themselves have a fairly big carbon footprint.
In most cases, pest prevention can be accomplished [...]

September 27, 2009  Tags: , ,   Posted in: Green pest control, Natural pest control, Pest prevention  No Comments

Pest Prevention What Do I Need To Prevent Pests?

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Pest prevention is a combination of botany, entomology, lawn, garden, and landscape maintenance, and craftsmanship. If you can handle these basic tasks, you can do it for yourself. The botany and entomology part is not that complex. Note that bugs and weeds like to have certain things in their [...]

September 26, 2009  Tags: , , , ,   Posted in: Pest prevention, Prevent pests, how to control pests, need to control pests, need to prevent pests, pest prevention how to  No Comments

Pest Prevention Disease Prevention

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See our newly re written Bugs and Weeds website home page.
The success of pest control has a direct relation to the success of disease control. Our ability to prevent disease, is directly connected to our ability to prevent pests.
The connection is painfully obvious when we look at the [...]

September 23, 2009  Tags: , , , , , ,   Posted in: Pest prevention, Prevent pests, disease prevention, insect prevention, insects and disease, pest and disease relationship, prevent disease  No Comments

Pest Prevention Fly Pest Control

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Flies have always been a nuisance to people and animals. They are troublesome, irritating, and they carry disease. Solomon noticed them enough to say that: “Dead flies make the ointment stink.”
Flies and ancient peoples
The ancient Phonecians thought that flies were the primal form of life. Wherever they saw [...]

September 23, 2009  Tags: , , , , , , , , ,   Posted in: Flies, Pest control, Pest prevention, control flies, controlling flies, fly control, fly pest control, fly pest prevention, fly prevention, prevent flies, preventing flies  No Comments

Rodent Prevention Rodent Pest Control

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Preventing and controlling rodents
Here we will separate rodents into to non scientific classes: Outdoor rodents, such as moles and gophers, and indoor rodents like rats and mice. We have discussed the outdoor type in several other places, and will focus on the indoor type here.
Both rodent types are really outdoor rodents, [...]

September 22, 2009  Tags: , , , , , , , ,   Posted in: Pest prevention, rodent control, rodent prevention, rodent trapping  No Comments

Bird Pest Control

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Bird Pest Control

Birds are great to have around your property. They consume insects, and in so doing provide an important part of your pest prevention program. They should be considered when planning your integrated pest management system. They also provide color, interest, and diversions in the home landscape, but too many [...]

September 21, 2009  Tags: , , , , , , ,   Posted in: Pest prevention, bird control, bird pest control, bird pest prevention  No Comments

Pest Prevention Winter

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Winter pest prevention indoors
Pest prevention for winter involves many of the same methods you would use to winterize your home. Think about it: If you have your home buttoned up tightly enough to keep the cold air from coming inside, you will also have your home sealed well enough to keep [...]

September 20, 2009  Tags: , ,   Posted in: Pest prevention, pest prevention winter, winter pest prevention  No Comments