Smart Home Pest Control

Most people consider pest control a never-ending battle between you and the nasty pests.  Because you desire to achieve a perfect lawn or garden, you use pesticides often without thinking of the long-term consequences of their use. 

Home pest control is very polluting because pesticides are toxic chemicals many of which have been been linked to tap water contamination, cancer, and other serious health issues. 

Effects of pesticides on our health and the environment are very damaging and we need to consider them before using chemical pesticides so easily. 

Our first goal should be to reduce our use of pesticides as much as possible. 

Reducing Our Reliance on Pesticides

Some common sense home pest control aims not at stopping the use of pesticides completely but only using them when absolutely required.  There are some other choices to pesticides and chemical pesticides are used only as a last resort. 

Careful monitoring needs to be done in order to determine when home remedy pest control is needed.  Some Pest management methods utilize physical, mechanical, cultural, biological, and educational techniques. 

Unlike with traditional home pest control methods, common sense pest control doesn’t call for the use of pesticides on a scheduled basis.  Pest control treatments are only used if after monitoring, it is determined that the economic, medical, or aesthetic damage the pests will cause is too severe to ignore.  The timing of these treatments has to be right in order to not disrupt the natural pest control methods in use.  Furthermore, the goal is for them to be applied at time that they will be most destructive to the pests. 

Why is Pest Eradication is Not the Answer

With over one million insect species on this planet, only one percent of them can actually be considered pests.  Most insects are indispensable and play a crucial role in our food chain and eco-system. 

EG: bees and butterflies pollinate fruits and vegetables.  Insects in the soil help to decompose organic nutrients to return nutrients to the soil.  These “pests” also serve as a food source for many birds, fish, animals, and plants.

So rather than resorting to a zero tolerance policy when it comes to home pest control, take a minimalistic approach in order to preserve your health and the environment. 

Remembering Pesticides are toxic chemicals that need to be used with caution and in moderation.  Pests play an important role in our eco-system so it is wise to choose carefully what kinds of pest control methods you use and when.