Organic pest control...

[Miranda1127]

 ...any recipes or tips? I'm mostly looking for something for mosquitoes, but a field mice deterrent would be great too.

[JasonsMom2007]

For mice we have a cat :)

[Miranda1127]

 lol...I have two, they chase them down, kill them, even eat them. But it doesn't keep the mice from coming back.

[LuvMySavage]

 I don't know how well this would do with mosquitoes, but I use Diatomaceous Earth as our only form of pest control. I sprinkle it all around the yard every few weeks in the warmer months.

I also apply it along the baseboards and under furniture for indoor pest control (ants, fleas, beetles).

It works great!

[cemcnair]

I KNOW someone just posted about this! They wanted one of us with skeeters to try it out...Let me see if I can find it!

[eds6619]

 I saw some neat ideas on pinterest the other day.  I'll find them later and post.

[Miranda1127]

Thanks ladies.

[bhwrn1]

We use a garlic based spray for the  mosquitos but we are going to do bat houses very soon, probably during the summer. For mice, DH has an electronic gadget that I don't know the name of.

[mamamiajk]

The cats are just a great rodent ridder and and as far as mosquitos....Marigolds and lem herb are both deterants. As far as ants go a trail of baking soda and it stops them in their tracks! It really does work and it's cheap and best of all it is child and pet safe.

[Nee86]

Plant marigolds around your yard. Mosquitoes don't like them.
For the mice, you need to what they are after. We had a big problem with mice a few years ago. Our roommates had food in their rooms and that is what the mice were after. I also had to put all our food in containers so the mice wouldn't get it.

[Miranda1127]

 thanks, all of our food is in containers. It has been for at least 6mo now b/c of the mice. They still come in, they still get killed, I still find heads and blood smears through out the house. YUCK btw.

Quoting Nee86:

Plant marigolds around your yard. Mosquitoes don't like them.
For the mice, you need to what they are after. We had a big problem with mice a few years ago. Our roommates had food in their rooms and that is what the mice were after. I also had to put all our food in containers so the mice wouldn't get it.