Comments on: Natural ways to eliminate bugs

By: Happy Earth Day! | Cheap Like Me

Happy Earth Day! | Cheap Like Me — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 19:42:09 +0000

[...] the way, I wrote a while back about natural ways to get rid of insect pests, and learn to like harmless spiders. You don’t have to learn to like black widows and other [...]

By: Prescription Elimite

Prescription Elimite — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 03:27:43 +0000

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By: » How I Might Have Been Convinced to Stop Killing Spiders | 5280 Magazine

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 18:30:48 +0000

[...] recently reading another local blog, however, I felt contrite: Cheap Like Me had discovered natural ways to prevent bugs from entering (or staying in) the [...]

By: Mary Q Contrarie

Mary Q Contrarie — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 13:07:38 +0000

Awesome tips. I think it is great that tips that are both environmentally sound and financially responsible are going main stream. It is great to be able to say things like "I dry my laundry on a clothes drying rack" and people will smile and tell you there stories about air drying and money savings.

By: More about learning to like spiders | Cheap Like Me

More about learning to like spiders | Cheap Like Me — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 14:15:34 +0000

[...] do you know … just a couple of days after my post about ways to eliminate pests naturally (and resign yourself not to eliminating some “pests,” like spiders), Mother Earth News [...]

By: Cheap Like Me

Cheap Like Me — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 15:32:10 +0000

@Martin – Traps for wasps do work well. We had heard that if a wasp was squashed, it emits pheromones that attract other wasps to attack. I think that’s an old wives tale, but maybe that’s why people are scared of “manual compaction.” But OUTSIDE the kitchen, don’t forget that wasps also are amazing predators to eat the yucky bugs, like moths and worms that will devour the garden.

By: Martin

Martin — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 13:58:57 +0000

A bug crisis tends to make many of us forget about being green. I am guilty about this myself when we rescue flea infested cats that are anemic.

I was a bit surprise when I asked about strategies for dealing with wasps in the kitchen on twitter and a green person suggested hair spray. I opted for manual compaction.

Some wasp problems can be solved using those pretty glass traps and a bit of bait.

By: Cheap Like Me

Cheap Like Me — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 15:47:12 +0000

@Condo Blues – I loved roly-polies (how do you spell that?) as a kid, but now I know they eat poo. Yuck. This site has a lot of ways to get rid of them in the garden: http://forums.gardenweb.com/forums/load/shade/msg0510131215316.html — I wonder about cornmeal sprinkled across your patio door, but that might attract other things.

@jmisgro – Ants do love peonies. I think they eat the nectar on the buds. Moving it should work, unless you like peppermint and cinnamon sprinkled across any pathways to your home!

By: jmisgro

jmisgro — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 15:00:31 +0000

A friend told me that ants love peonies. I happen to have one planted by my house and there are ants everywhere. She said I should move it away from the house and the ants will follow.

By: Condo Blues

Condo Blues — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 14:48:10 +0000

We get rolly polys/potato bugs coming the house through the patio door. Nothing really deters them. It’s death by shoe if they enter the house.