Eight Easy Ways To Keep Snakes Out of Your Yard
How to Keep Your Yard Free of Snakes
Snakes don’t bother me. They are shy, kind, and like to be by themselves. But it can be uncomfortable to come across one when you’re out on your porch or doing some gardening. Do not be alarmed if you detest snakes. Here are a few approaches to keep them at bay that don’t use harsh chemicals or unpleasant techniques.
1. Cut Off Their Food Source
Food items such as fruit, leftover bird seed, mice, and rats attract snakes. Make sure the lid on your compost container is tight. If you have bird feeders, put them away from your house and around the edge of your yard.
2. Grow Lemongrass
One easy approach to keep snakes away from your garden is to plant lemongrass. Mosquitoes are repelled by the lemony scent, which they detest.
3. Apply a Solution of Citrus
Orange or lemon rinds can be added to a jar of water and left for a full day to create a citrus solution. To keep snakes away, spray this solution about your deck and on your patio furniture.
4. Keep Your Yard Maintained
Get rid of any waste, weeds and sticks to keep your yard looking neat. Snakes may find these to be ideal hiding places. They are less inclined to visit a well-kept garden.
5. Keep Your House Secure
Stop snakes from getting inside your house by caulking gaps around doors and windows and in your foundation. Make sure the window screens are intact as well.
6. Create a DIY Repellent for Snakes
Avert chemical repellents as they may be detrimental to family members, pets, and plants. Instead, to make a natural snake repellent, combine equal parts clove and cinnamon oil. Apply this mixture on the exterior of your house and any other possible snake hiding places.
7. Make use of mothballs
Mothballs work effectively to repel both insects and snakes. Put them on the back porch and around the foundation of your house. However, because mothballs are harmful, keep them out of the reach of kids and animals.
8. Move Them
When everything else fails, employ humane snake traps. Put them all throughout your yard, and if you catch a snake, release it somewhere away from your house, like a wooded area.
