To get some flea control you can spray beneficial nematodes on your yard. They won't kill the adult fleas but they will eat the eggs/larvae and so you won't have flea colonies in the grass - they will also eat fire ant eggs so you won't have those mounds in the yard either and you won't have to use harmful chemicals. Beneficial nematodes are microscopic organisms that live in the soil. You can get them at any garden center that carries organic products. You must follow the application instructions, exactly, and you must water your yard every day or so for the next 2-3 weeks after application. Also, for the fleas that will come into your yard from the neighbors' yards with animals - sprinkle diatomaceous earth all around the perimeter for about a foot out from the fence. Diatomaceous earth is ground up sea shells and when the fleas walk through it or land on it, it cuts their legs and they die. I know, I know, it sounds wierd - but I have been using these two products for years and my fleas are completely controlled - and before using, I had them all the time. You can get the diatomaceous earth at the same garden center that carries organic products. Of course, you will have to repeat the DE every time it rains - but a bag is pretty inexpensive and lasts a long time. (The beneficial nematodes will live for a couple of years if you live in the south where the winters are mild. If you live farther north, you will have to apply them every spring - but they will live all summer, and fall, till it gets cold. DE also works to sprinkle on plants where bugs are eating the leaves - those little buggers will be gone in a flash without harmful chemicals. The borax carpet treatment also works for the ones that may get into the house. |