Pest Control
No Mouse in the House
“The longest-lasting, highly effective, all natural mouse repellent.” It is a sturdy plastic ball filled with peppermint oil, an all-natural mouse deterrent. Just set it and forget it. All of the oil stays contained in the ball and releases slowly through their exclusive reservoir and wick design. Lasts six months.
Seabright Labs
Manufacturer of high quality insect traps, insect trapping adhesive, roach control systems and humane mouse traps. “ Highly effective, non-toxic, and easy to use.”
EarthKind Natural Pest Prevention
Botanical prevention for spiders, moths, ants and rodents, in handy-easy-to-use pouches. Also tips on how to control pests safely and effectively in your home.
Pest Control Naturally
This is my local “eco-friendly, safe, natural, and nontoxic” full-service pest control company, but I’m sharing it with you because they have a lot of good information on how to control household pests yourself, and well-chosen safe pest control products. Look under “Tips & Tricks” and “Store” in the main menu.
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Listen to my interview with Michael Piacenza, Owner, Certified Operator and K9 Handler of Advantage Pest Control |
BugZooka Bug Catcher Vacuum
This quiet, battery-free little vacuum makes it easy to sneak up on and capture bugs of all kinds, then take them outdoors and put them where they belong. Just push the bellows to compress some air, extend the telescoping arm up to 24″, and push the trigger.
Cedar Oil Store
Control bedbugs, mosquitoes, lice…A whole variety of cedar repellants, for personal protection, pets, and farm animals. Cedar oil sprays in various concentration for different uses, and red cedar granules to use indoors or out to repel repel fleas, mosquitos, roaches, scorpions, flies, no-see-ums–even venomous snakes–with no effect on beneficial insects such as butterflies and pollinating bees. These really work.
A Thousand & One Nets
A large selection of 100% cotton mosquito nets in many styles and colous, made in Australia and India. Sizes available for Crib, single, queen and king size beds, plus a made-to-order service. “The 100% cotton muslin netting provides an enhanced sleeping environment due to its natural fibres and is superior to nylon or polyester mosquito nets. The ability for the fabric to breathe allows for a safe and comfortable nights sleep. All ages can benefit from the features of a cotton mosquito net. Babies can enjoy the safe cocooned environment that a mosquito net creates…the coloured mosquito nets for single beds can be a expressive way to reinvent a child
Safer Pest Products
Natural and organic solutions for pest problems in your home and garden. Very informative website has a Pest Control Library with "mug shots" to help you easily identify pest problems, and online ordering arranges products by pest problem to be solved.
Orange Guard
A water based indoor/outdoor insecticide that may be used around food, humans and pets. Though it kills insects on contact, it is safe to use around food, humans, and pets. It's inventor was inspiried by a magazine articles that reported when someone took citrus hand cleaner and poured it down a fire ant hill, every ant was killed. "If you ever look at oranges, you'll notice that the peels are never bitten into by anything," says the inventor. "Orange peel is a natural repellent."
Mosquito Curtains
Custom-made, machine washable polyester mosquito curtains for outdoor use (outdoors you want to use polyester because cotton will quickly biodegrade in the elements, and it’s less toxic than pesticides). Transforms porches, decks and patios into protected areas quickly and inexpensively. Unlike screens, netting can easily be removed and stored when not needed.
Mosquito Barrier
A natural mosquito repellent made from garlic, designed to apply to grassy areas. “Just one spraying will keep mosquitoes, ticks and fleas out of your yard and away from your home, 24 hours a day for nearly a month…a very strong liquid garlic made from very potent garlic cloves. The garlic used is a very powerful variety which is much more potent than the garlic found in grocery stores… Garlic has a natural sulfur which repels insects, including mosquitoes, ticks and fleas. Spraying garlic to keep insects away is not something new, farmers and master gardeners have been doing it for many generations. The juice does not harm humans or pets or plants, but to mosquitoes it can be deadly. The odor of it chases them out of the area and they stay away – for as long as they can detect the odor. While the odor of sprayed garlic juice becomes undetectable to humans within minutes, the mosquitoes will still detect it. If the mosquitoes aren’t in your yard, they can’t get into your house.”
epestsupply.com
A full-service do-it-yourself pest control company, with lots of information on how to identify and control all kinds of pests and professional-quality pest control products. This is not a "nontoxic" website–it carries a lot of toxic pesticides. But their advice leans to the nontoxic and there are many natural and nontoxic products you can choose. They have links to all the MSDS sheets right on the site, so you can easily determine the safety or hazard of any of their products and make an informed choice.
Bugs ‘R’ Done
Highly effective indoor and outdoor insecticide and repellant that kills and repels disease-carrying cockroaches, flies, mosquitos, fleas, ants and fire ants. Contains "pure orange peel oil, nature's own botanically-derived insecticide. In combination with four other ingredients… widely used by other industries to safely add flavor and aroma to many food, beverage and cosmetic products…all named by the U. S. Food & Drug Administration as 'GRAS,' Generally Regarded as Safe in human foods…bears a warning free EPA-approved label in EPA's least hazardous category IV. It is labeled both for use around food, children, and pets anywhere inside and outside homes, schools, and restaurants." This product kills pests while still being safe for humans and the environment by taking advantage of a unique characteristic of insects. "Unlike man, the breathing passages of …insects are waterproofed by a wax lining. The food-grade ingredients in BUGS 'R' DONE soften and dissolve this wax lining, clogging the passageways and quickly leading to the insect's death. Human users, animals, and birds all are unaffected as is the environment." Comes in a recyclable plastic bottle.
