Rats will avoid your garden in hot weather if one ingredient is scattered
There's no better feeling than spending a day in your garden as the strong rays of sunshine light up your outdoor space. Freshly trimmed lawn, beautiful flowers and blooming plants, is there anything better than that? Summer in the UK has seen temperatures reaching 32 degrees Celsius.
Therefore, gardening tasks have become more important than ever before. This is because an unsanitary garden can quickly become a welcoming space for unwanted guests, such as rats. Nobody wants that. Rats are known for leaving droppings, as well as spreading diseases and going through all of your rubbish.
Although they will likely not harm you, it's normal to believe that running into one of them means that there's more than one hanging around your garden.
Alastair Mayne, CEO at Garolla, has revealed the number one solution to deter them away in the safest and most non-harmful way possible, using natural remedies. Do you have peppermint oil?
Peppermint oil to deter rats really does work
Peppermint oil is a common kitchen ingredient that rats can't stand. Alastair explained: "Use natural repellents. If you want an easy way to discourage rats from your home, you can use different essential oils or ingredients to deter them.' Apart from peppermint oil, the gardening guru also mentioned vinegar, garlic and black pepper as alternative solutions.
"This way, you're not hurting the rats invading your property, but you are repelling them so strongly that they're unlikely to return," he added. These ingredients are known to irritate their noses and stop them from entering your garden spaces.
Still, it's necessary to maintain an organised garden, cleaning it regularly, to ensure that rats and other pests won't see it as an opportunity to interfere with your space. Some of the scents they are attracted to are: A summer barbecue, spilt ice cream, and even leaving your rubbish outside.
If rats still somehow manage to enter your garden, Alaistair suggested sealing up any entry points. He explained: 'If rats and pests are getting into your property, one of the first things you should do is to find the source of the entry, and seal it tightly, so that they cannot re-enter.'
'You can do this with mesh, screens, or sealant. It's also important to keep an eye on vents or cracks under doors, as most pests, especially rats and mice, are small enough to fit in the tiniest of spaces," the gardening guru concluded.
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