Okay, I'm all for never mowing again because I hate yard work, but what is the solution in my big, mosquito breeding unkempt backyard?
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homegrownnationalpark.org/mosquito-buc... This might help. But mosquitos can travel quite a ways, so it's no guarantee of relief. In general, pests like ticks and mosquitos thrive where there's a lack of biodiversity. Adding native plants and creating habitat for a variety of insects and wildlife,
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will attract mosquito eating critters and help reduce their population. When you're outside, you can also have a fan blowing on you - they're not strong flyers.
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I'm less concerned about mosquitos bothering me as I am not being the cause of more.
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Permaculture.
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Earlier in the year, someone was planning a mosquito dunk campaign. Or get a gardener to set up a low maintenance native plant garden that either attracts animals that eat insects or includes plants that deter them
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The later sounds very interesting. I'll need to price that out though.
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I dug up all my weed-grass lawn in the back and put down weed barriers and mulch. I have dogs, so it works out for them to run around. I have native plants back there along my patio and house, but NO GRASS! Doing same to the front. Slowly but surely!
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Great ideas!
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