It’s fair to say that most people don’t mind having nature in their lives. Whether it’s a few birds chirping away or the occasional deer in the woods, nature can be nice and enjoyable. However, if you are like most, you want it to stay in its place…outside and NOT in your home.

With an economy crisis unfolding around the world, some people may find that it’s just not cost-effective to hire a professional extermination service on a regular basis. These people will be left to contend with nature on their own. Sounds like a daunting task; however, it’s not as rough as some may think.

You can take control of your pest control by using things around your home and ingredients that you can buy for cheap to make all sorts of repellants, deterrents, and environmentally-friendly “insecticides” for your home and garden. Here are a few frugal recipes for pest control to get you started:

Keep those pesky ants away with a few sprinkles of cinnamon! They hate the smell and the taste. Cinnamon is great because you can buy for cheap lots of this spice at your local discount store. Some places carry it for less than 50-cents per jar!

If you don’t want to welcome deer in your garden, try mixing these two extremely inexpensive ingredients that you can buy for cheap just about anywhere, liquid dish soap and hot sauce! One tablespoon of the detergent mixed with some hot sauce, use as much as you want, put into a spray bottle and applied to your greenery will keep those dear deer at bay! Re-apply as needed after a heavy rain.

Get rid of those tiny aphids that nibble and destroy your garden. Simply mix canola oil with some dish soap and water. You only need one tablespoon of the canola oil, so you can just use what you have around the house. There is no need to go out looking to buy this stuff in large quantities. Put this mixture in a bottle, shake, and spray. Reuse an old cleanser bottle that you have cleaned out or buy for cheap a spray bottle at your local discount store. This mix actually kills these annoying pests without killing your garden.

Rodents can make a mess of your trash. This is a very easy frugal recipe for you to try for helping to deter them from costing you time and money with clean-up. All that you do is grow some peppermint in the area that you want to have your trash can or compost bin. Many rodents like mice do not like peppermint. Buy for cheap the seeds to grow the peppermint and treat that area just like the other parts of your garden.

Try your hand at these simply pest control tricks to minimize your extermination costs during this economy crisis. You may be surprised at the great results that you get!