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8 1 NATURAL PESTICIDES – 8.27 - 9 HERBS TO REPEL ANTS

9 Herbs to Repel Ants Around Your Home and Garden

by Davis Phelan

Ants are tiny troublemakers for both indoor and outdoor spaces. How do get rid of them? These herbs today are great natural methods to protect your home and garden from the attack of ants. It’s time to say “goodbye” to insecticides!

1. Garlic

To get rid of ants naturally, you can grow garlic in the garden or in pots. This herb grows happily in full sunlight and well-draining soil.

2. Lemongrass

Lemongrass is an effective deterrent for ants as its citronella oil. To control little insects, you can crush the leaves and spread them around the garden plants.

3. Catnip

Although catnip is a cat’s favourite herb, ants completely hate its aromatic, so you can grow the plant in any place such as doors, windows, or garden areas wherever you found them mostly to deter them.

4. Lavender

Lavender is a beautiful herb that displays impressive purple flowers with a strong scent. This fragrance can deter ants effectively, so you can grow them around your garden to control ant visit.

5. Rosemary

Rosemary not only spreads a warm aroma to your indoor living space but also keeps the garden from the attack of ants and other pests like beetles, mosquitoes, and more.

6. Sage

Thanks to releasing the powerful oil scent, sage is an effective natural method of deterring ants and other insects in your home and garden.

7. Mint

Mint is a perennial herb that brings innumerable benefits including keeping ants away. So, if you want to control the appearance of ants, grow mint in pots to place in any space like near doors and below windows.

8. Turmeric

Turmeric is a great repellent-ant plant using its powder roots. To control ants, grow turmeric in areas they appear mostly or sprinkle a few of its powder and keep it on the ants’ path.

9. Thyme

With its anti-fungal and anti-bacterial properties, thyme can get rid of ants from entering the soil. To control them, you can crush its leaves and sprinkle the pathway of ants.

KOZI YA KILIMO HAI KILIMO-UCHUMI

8 1 DAWA ASILI ZA WADUDU – 8.28 - MIMEA 9 ZA KUZUIA Mchwa

Mimea 9 ya Kuzuia Mchwa Kuzunguka Nyumba na Bustani Yako

Mchwa ni wasumbufu wadogo kwa nafasi za ndani na nje. Jinsi ya kuwaondoa? Mimea hii leo ni njia nzuri za asili za kulinda nyumba yako na bustani kutokana na mashambulizi ya mchwa. Ni wakati wa kusema "kwaheri" kwa wadudu!

1. Kitunguu saumu

Ili kuondokana na mchwa kwa kawaida, unaweza kukua vitunguu kwenye bustani au kwenye sufuria. Mimea hii inakua kwa furaha katika jua kamili na udongo wenye unyevu.

2. Mchaichai

Mchaichai ni kinga bora kwa mchwa kama mafuta yake ya citronella. Ili kudhibiti wadudu wadogo, unaweza kuponda majani na kueneza karibu na mimea ya bustani.

3. Paka

Ingawa paka ni mimea inayopendwa na paka, mchwa huchukia kabisa kunukia kwake, kwa hivyo unaweza kukuza mmea katika sehemu yoyote kama vile milango, madirisha, au maeneo ya bustani popote ulipowapata ili kuwazuia.

4. Lavender

Lavender ni mmea mzuri unaoonyesha maua ya zambarau ya kuvutia na harufu kali. Harufu hii inaweza kuzuia mchwa kwa ufanisi, hivyo unaweza kuwakuza karibu na bustani yako ili kudhibiti ziara ya chungu.

5. Rosemary

Rosemary sio tu kwamba hueneza harufu ya joto kwenye nafasi yako ya kuishi ndani ya nyumba lakini pia hulinda bustani dhidi ya mashambulizi ya mchwa na wadudu wengine kama vile mende, mbu na zaidi.

6. Sage

Shukrani kwa kutoa harufu ya mafuta yenye nguvu, sage ni njia ya asili ya ufanisi ya kuzuia mchwa na wadudu wengine katika nyumba yako na bustani.

7. Mint

Mint ni mimea ya kudumu ambayo huleta faida nyingi ikiwa ni pamoja na kuwazuia mchwa. Kwa hivyo, ikiwa unataka kudhibiti mwonekano wa mchwa, panda mnanaa kwenye sufuria ili uweke mahali popote kama karibu na milango na chini ya madirisha.

8. Tangawizi

Turmeric ni mmea mkubwa wa kuzuia mbu kwa kutumia mizizi yake ya unga. Ili kudhibiti mchwa, panda manjano katika maeneo wanayoonekana zaidi au nyunyiza unga wake kidogo na uihifadhi kwenye njia ya mchwa.

9. Thyme

Kwa mali yake ya kupambana na vimelea na ya bakteria, thyme inaweza kuondokana na mchwa kuingia kwenye udongo. Ili kuwadhibiti, unaweza kuponda majani yake na kuinyunyiza njia ya mchwa.