It's often small mistakes, some of which you aren't even aware of, and huge swarms of mosquitoes are already cavorting in the garden. It is said that the smell of human blood attracts the animals. The insects are also attracted to open water bodies. Once you have a mosquito plague in your garden, the following tips will help you combat it in an environmentally friendly manner.
Birds like to eat mosquitoes
countermeasures
- Attract predators to the garden
- Use repellent scents
- grow suitable crops
Attract predators to the garden
By hanging nesting boxes for birds in the garden, you achieve double the benefit. On the one hand, you contribute to species protection, the natural habitat of birds is disappearing more and more. You also provide them with a worthwhile source of food. In return, the birds free your garden from the mosquito plague.
Keeping fish in the pond is also highly recommended. Since mosquitoes often visit the water to breed, you can fight the insects in a completely natural way with koi, for example.
Use repellent scents
Some scents are repulsive to mosquitoes. These include:
- lemon balm
- lavender
- laurel oil
Applied to the skin as an essential oil, always wear your mosquito repellent on your body. Otherwise put the plants in the bed. You should avoid dark clothing and intensive perfume in summer.
Grow appropriate crops
In addition to the plants mentioned above, there are other useful insects whose smell drives away mosquitoes:
- Lillibet
- scented perlagonia
- tomato
- catnip
- walnut tree
Incidentally, the plants mentioned not only help against mosquitoes, but also drive away other unwanted insects.
Chemistry is out of the question
As you can see from the methods shown above, there are numerous home remedies that are purely biological in origin. Avoiding fungicides maintains a balanced ecosystem and the health of your plants. If even these remedies should not work, nature knows how to help itself. Then patience and tolerance have priority over chemical control.