RICHARD FAGERLUND: More pest control options offered

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In this column, we will discuss various ways to deal with pests without using pesticides.

Richard Fagerlund.

If you have wasps making nests around your home, particularly by a door where you are afraid someone will get stung, you can discourage them. If you have a current nest, you should hire a professional to treat for them and remove the nest. Then all you have to do is get some medium-size brown paper bags, fill them with crumpled newspaper and twist the top shut and fasten with a rubber band. Then hang the bag in the area where you dont want wasps. Wasps do not like competition and they will think the bag is another wasp nest and avoid the area. You can also spray the area with some Avon Skin so Soft, as wasps hate the smell.

If you are in an area or are going to an area where there are a lot of mosquitoes, here is a good non-DEET mosquito repellent.

Combine in a 16 oz bottle:

15 drops lavender oil.

3-4 tbsp. of vanilla extract.

1/4 cup lemon juice.

Fill bottle with water. Shake. Ready to use.

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RICHARD FAGERLUND: More pest control options offered