• Skip to main content
  • Skip to header right navigation
  • Skip to after header navigation
  • Skip to site footer
The Healthy Home Economist

The Healthy Home Economist

embrace your right to a lifetime of health

Get Plus
  • Home
  • About
  • My Books
  • Shopping List
  • Archives
  • Log in
  • Get Plus
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Pinterest
  • Twitter
  • YouTube
  • Get Plus
  • Log in
  • Home
  • About
  • Subscribe
  • Archives
  • My Books
  • Shopping List
  • Recipes
  • Healthy Living
  • Natural Remedies
  • Green Living
  • Videos
  • Natural Remedies
  • Health
  • Green Living
  • Recipes
  • Videos
  • Subscribe
Healthy Home Economist / Green Living / Pest Control

Pest Control

A nontoxic lifestyle requires knowledge of how to control insects and other pests in and around the home without the use of chemical pesticides.

Since I live in hot, humid Florida, this task has proved incredibly challenging! Roaches, ants, spiders, mosquitoes, flies, fleas and other insects are a problem on a year-round basis.

Hence, I’ve learned over the years a number of ways to handle the situation. I’ve never called a pest control company in over 20 years even with indoor/outdoor pets. We also have an older home that can complicate the situation even further!

There are numerous articles below that go into depth on natural ways for managing specific pests. I hope you find one or more of them helpful.

They provide numerous tips, product suggestions and homemade formulas for managing the situation in a healthy and environmentally friendly manner.

American beautyberry bug spray in amber bottles

American BeautyBerry Bug Spray

A simple recipe for making bug spray using the leaves of the American BeautyBerry bush (Callicarpa Americana). A highly effective herbal blend for use …

View RecipeAmerican BeautyBerry Bug Spray
dead roach on kitchen sink

Top 10 Bugs and How To Control Them at Home Without Pesticides

Natural methods for controlling the 10 most common insect pests in and around the home for a pesticide-free living environment. With the official …

Read moreTop 10 Bugs and How To Control Them at Home Without Pesticides
caterpillar damage to leaves on fruit vine

Easy and Effective Caterpillar Control for Organic Gardening

Organic, biological insecticide for treating destructive garden caterpillars that is nontoxic and uses beneficial microbes to prevent foliage damage. …

Read moreEasy and Effective Caterpillar Control for Organic Gardening
in ground yellow jacket nest being safely removed

How to Remove Ground Hornet or Yellow Jacket Nests (no poison or stings)

An easy and safe method for removing an underground yellow jacket or hornet’s nest with no poison and no risk of stings to you! My recent …

Read moreHow to Remove Ground Hornet or Yellow Jacket Nests (no poison or stings)
abandoned wasp next next to a brown paper bag

Best Method for Removing Wasp Nests (no poison, no stings, no harm to these important pollinators!)

How to safely remove a wasp nest with no harm to these important pollinators, no risk of stings to you, and no poison! Over the years, I’ve …

Read moreBest Method for Removing Wasp Nests (no poison, no stings, no harm to these important pollinators!)
DIY insect repellent spray bottle in greenery

How to Make Bug Repellent Spray (that really works!)

How to make a safe insect repellent spray yourself at home that lab results demonstrate 100% effectiveness for at least one hour. Repels both …

View RecipeHow to Make Bug Repellent Spray (that really works!)
tiny black ants on sugar cubes wood background

How to Remove Sugar Ants from Your Home Fast!

How to eliminate tiny sugar ants from your kitchen without toxic chemicals or calling a pest control company. Living in hot, humid Florida, I’ve …

View RecipeHow to Remove Sugar Ants from Your Home Fast!
homemade deer fly trap on a pole

Homemade Deer Fly Trap

How to make a homemade deer fly trap with a few simple and inexpensive materials for easy, nontoxic prevention of their painful, bloodsucking bites. …

View RecipeHomemade Deer Fly Trap
helicopter spraying insecticides for mosquitoes

How to Avoid Health Issues from Municipal Mosquito Spraying

How to protect your family, pets, livestock, and garden from municipal government programs that spray neighborhoods for mosquitoes by truck, drone, …

Read moreHow to Avoid Health Issues from Municipal Mosquito Spraying
Homemade Ant Bait: Get Rid of Ants in the House FAST 1

Homemade Ant Bait: Get Rid of Ants in the House FAST

Every Spring they return. Tiny single file armies invading kitchens, bathrooms, and other domestic locations. Or, silently circling your picnic, …

View RecipeHomemade Ant Bait: Get Rid of Ants in the House FAST
Neem: Organic Gardeners Best Friend

Neem: Organic Gardeners Best Friend

So you’ve figured out how to keep Monsanto out of your garden – permanently. Now you’re trying to get this organic gardening thing …

Read moreNeem: Organic Gardeners Best Friend

Safe Flea Control for Pets: No Pesticides and No Drugs (+ Video)

Resolving a flea infestation in your home with natural, nontoxic methods is a fairly simple and straightforward process. Preventing and controlling …

Read moreSafe Flea Control for Pets: No Pesticides and No Drugs (+ Video)
  • Page 1
  • Page 2
  • Page 3
  • Next

Sidebar

Mother Nature’s Medicine Cabinet

5 Secrets to a Strong Immune System

Loading

The Healthy Home Economist

Since 2002, Sarah has been a Health and Nutrition Educator dedicated to helping families effectively incorporate the principles of ancestral diets within the modern household. Read More

  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Pinterest
  • Twitter
  • YouTube

Check Out My Books

Mother Nature’s Medicine Cabinet

5 Secrets to a Strong Immune System

Loading

Contact the Healthy Home Economist. The information on this website has not been evaluated by the FDA and is not intended to diagnose, treat, prevent, or cure any disease. By accessing or using this website, you agree to abide by the Terms of Service, Full Disclaimer, Privacy Policy, Affiliate Disclosure, and Comment Policy.

Copyright © 2009–2025 · The Healthy Home Economist · All Rights Reserved · Powered by BizBudding Inc.