Nashville, Murfreesboro, Knoxville and Chattanooga TN
Warmer temperatures and longer daylight hours mean spending more time outside enjoying your backyard, barbequing with friends and family, or swimming in your pool. But mosquitos often ruin the fun. While wearing bug repellant is an effective way to avoid mosquito bites, it wears off quickly, and not everyone wants to smell like bug spray. However, we’ve got five easy ways to repel mosquitos from your backyard so that you can enjoy the outdoors this season without getting bitten by these blood-sucking insects.
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Keep your landscape manicured
Mosquitos, as well as other insects, prefer tall grass and an overgrown landscape. They specifically like tall grass, dead trees or limbs, standing water, and soggy leaves. Therefore, we recommend keeping your landscape manicured by mowing often, trimming dead or diseased tree branches, and removing dead stumps or trees from your property. Additionally, rake any remaining dead leaves left from winter. Leaf piles tend to trap moisture and attract mosquitos and other pests. We also recommend tidying up your lawn and patio by cleaning furniture and toys like swing sets.
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Dethatch your lawn
Thatch is a buildup of dead grass that lands on top of your lawn’s soil. Over time, thatch buildup accumulates moisture and affects soil drainage, which isn’t healthy for your grass. Therefore, dethatch your lawn during the spring to promote healthy grass growth, as well as reduce conditions for mosquitos. You can dethatch your lawn using a dethatcher, or a regular rake works just fine.
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Remove standing water sources
One female mosquito can lay as many as 700 eggs in her lifetime. It only needs enough water to fill a bottle cap. Therefore, we recommend removing standing water sources throughout your property. The following items are most likely to collect water.
- Buckets
- Flowerpots
- Toys
- Furniture
- Birdbaths
- Tires
- Tarps
- Trash can lids
- Wheelbarrows
- Gutters
Anything else that has standing water should be emptied regularly to prevent turning your yard into a mosquito breeding ground.
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Add these plants to your backyard and patio
Plants add natural beauty and pleasant aromas, and some can even repel mosquitos. If you have a green thumb and enjoy plants and blooms, consider adding some of these plants to pots on your patio or flowerbeds in your backyard. Just be sure not to over-saturate the soil when watering or allow water to collect in the flowerpot saucer.
- Citronella
- Bee balm
- Lavender
- American beautyberry
- Catnip
- Marigolds
- Eucalyptus
- Peppermint
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Get mosquito control services in Murfreesboro and Nashville
Perhaps one of the best ways to reduce mosquitos in your backyard is to hire a pro for mosquito control services. While it’s impossible for any treatment or company to eliminate 100% of mosquitos, our treatments, along with following the above-mentioned recommendations, will significantly reduce the number of mosquitos that you see on or around your property.
Mosquito Services in Murfreesboro, Nashville, and Hermitage
If you’d like to learn more about mosquito control in Nashville, call Ameri Care at (615) 893-7111 and get started today so that you can enjoy your backyard all season long.