Cleaning up your house on a regular basis, especially where food is prepared and eaten, can discourage pests from sticking around. It's a good idea to sweep up crumbs when they spill on the couch or floor and to keep your dishes clean instead of piled up in the sink. When your house...
The permanence of bad habits shouldn’t discourage you; change is still possible according to the latest habit research. While you can’t completely get rid of a bad habit, it is possible to create more powerful good habits that simply override the bad ones. That’s what rewiring is all ...
for instance, have claimed that poppers could be the cause of AIDS. “A hundred percent of the people who died in the first thousand [with] AIDS were people who were addicted to poppers, which are known to cause Kaposi sarcoma in rats,” Kennedy told an audience in a speech...
The good news is that many techniques used to deter cats will help discourage other animals as well. Eliminate food and water sources to make your yard less appealing. Choose tall fencing with no gaps and an underground portion or barrier on the surface near the base to prevent digging. The...
high and the bottom bent outwards 6 to 12 inches away from the garden's edge. Use landscaping staples to secure the horizontal portion to the ground; this will discourage digging. Wire the upright portion of the fence loosely to fence posts; groundhogs don't like to climb unstable surfaces...
are attached below the base of the feeder enough so that the squirrels cannot jump to the base. When they climb the pole (use a HIGH pole) they have to grab onto the bottom of the slinky. Then watch the yoo yoo fun and frustration of the squirrels. GO EAT ACORNS you dirty rats !
If you live in an area with a known gopher problem, dig down a couple of feet and line your garden beds with hardware cloth or even wire fencing to stop the gophers from burrowing into your garden. Planting your vegetables in raised beds is another good way to discourage gophers from co...
Natural Ways to Deter Mice To discourage mice from entering your home and garden, here are some natural solutions: Try a mouse repellent containing ammonium; see your local garden center. For some reason, ammonia smells like predator urine. You can even make your own ammonia traps by putting ...
Bathrooms are always humid, so they must be constructed with efficient drainage systems to discourage infestation by insects and snakes, as well as drain holes that these animals cannot use (37.270c8–12). Monastics should also ensure that snakes and insects do not enter their clothes while they...
It is possible to lose 20 lbs. of bodyfat in 30 days by optimizing any of three factors: exercise, diet, or drug/supplement regimen. I’ve seen the elite implementation of all three in working with professional athletes. In this post, we’ll explore what I refer to as...