Natural botanical insecticides and pesticides
Pesticides are not all created equal I'm usually not very enthusiastic about insecticides in general and I almost never suggest that you use them indoors. However, there are times when a carefully timed application of insecticide will bring an otherwise out-of-control pest situation back to tolerable levels. Until recently homeowners had relatively few options when it came to safe and effective pesticides for use indoors. The only available pesticides were either a messy, smelly aerosol spray or an equally smelly powdered insecticide . Gardeners have a few more options like insecticidal soap and neem oil (see below) but even here the choices were limited. Fortunately, times they are a changin' (apologies to Bob Dylan). There has been a real movement toward natural pesticides , those derived from natural, not man-made, sources. And, pesticides that are safer for the user and the environment - the so called biorational pesticides . Not all natural pesticides are bioration...