Can I bug proof my home?
Sure you can bug proof your home! Just like you can “child proof” your home, there are plenty of precautions you can take to keep bugs away. While calling the Lawn and Pest Solutions technician to treat your home for pests is a great idea, we have to remember that this is a team effort. The best professional treatment in the world is not going to work if we aren’t “all in this together”.
Were you raised in a barn?
Shut the door, ALL THE WAY. Close the windows, ALL THE WAY. If there are tiny holes in the window screens, repair those. Look for small spaces and cracks where bugs, birds, critters could crawl into your home. One of the easiest access points is the space behind your washing machine and refrigerator where water lines come in.
Water vs. Food
Water wins every time for pests. They love water. Food is next, but water is where you need to look first. Any leaky faucets or sources of water are popular gathering spots for bugs. Look under your sink, look again behind that washing machine and refrigerator, anywhere water is running from outside to inside, bugs love to hang out.
It’s house cleaning day, every day!
Things you can do around the house to keep your house bug free include:
- Vacuuming away cobwebs
- Sweeping up pet food and putting it in sealed containers
- Putting away food and keeping sink and counters clean and free of edible evidence (at least rinse your dishes off if you don’t have time to wash them)
This may cause you to sweat a little.
Look outside. That big pile of firewood stacked against the house….you need to move it. Just lift up one piece from the ground and look under it. Tons of bugs. They are gathering there to hang out and figure out how to get in your house. Try to put a few feet (at least) between the side of your home and the stack of firewood. If you can get that firewood off the ground, that would be even better.
And while you are outside…
Clean up your yard. Every pile of sticks, limbs, grass cuttings and debris is another place for bugs to gather. Even though this is about bugs, remember anything that is growing against or leaning against your home on the outside is like a welcome mat for outside “pests” to get onto or into your home. A tree branch that has landed on your roof is just an easy corridor for all kinds of bugs, pests and critters to walk on over into your home. When you think about it like this, it’s pretty easy to see from a “bugs point of view”.
You stuck your fork where?
We can all use all the help we can get whether child proofing or bug proofing. As with child proofing your home, you can cover outlets and put cushions on corners all day long, but the child is still going to fall and put things in places they don’t belong. Yes, you can bug proof your home, but it takes work from all of us. You do your part, we will do ours. Call Lawn and Pest Solutions in New Albany, MS and we will work together with you to make your home “bug free”. Our licensed pest technicians will show up promptly and treat your house the same they would their own. Let a trusted and trained Lawn and Pest employee take care of you! We can be found anywhere from Memphis and Oxford to Tupelo and New Albany and anywhere in between in North Mississippi.
