Stop Paying the Exterminator: 5 Free Old Arab Habits That Keep Roaches and Ants Out for Good

My mother's garden book and cookbook, together for $60: https://maryamscookbook.com/ Forty years. Two kitchens, one in Gaza and one in New Jersey. Not one exterminator, not one can of spray, and not one bug. In an Arab house every guest is fed, and my mother fed the whole street. But there was one guest she never fed, habibti: the bug. Every bug that walks into your kitchen wants a drink, a meal and a warm bed. Take those away and it goes to the neighbor. MY MOTHER'S 5 HABITS 💧 1. The kitchen sleeps thirsty: a roach lives a month without food but only a week without water. Dry sink at night, sponge on its edge, pet bowl up. 🫙 2. The mooneh: everything in glass jars. Flour in a paper bag is a dinner bell. 🪣 3. The Friday sponja: once a week everything moves. A bug cannot raise a family where nothing stays still. ☀️ 4. The sun: rugs, pillows and the dog's bed outside once a month. The habit Americans forgot. 🧵 5. The closed door: a sewing thread on a windy day shows you every gap. Caulk, steel wool, a door sweep, and boiling water down the drain once a week. Graded honestly: vinegar on the ant trail WORKS, cloves are MODEST, mint by the door is a suggestion, not a wall, and the bay leaf in the flour is UNSETTLED. If they are already in by the hundreds, call the professional once and then keep the habits. This week: dry the sink tonight, one bag becomes one jar tomorrow, and on Friday the sponja, the sun and the thread. Tell me in the comments what your mother or teta did to keep the bugs away, and which state you are in. I read every one. #naturalpestcontrol #oldways #arabmother