Monsoon Homecare Tips: Ways You Can Keep Your Home Moisture Free And Fresh Smelling From Living Room To Kitchen

Monsoon Hacks:  With monsoon comes the dampness in the living area, odor in the house, and infested ingredients in the kitchen. This rainy season reduces the headache of dampness, smell, or infestation by incorporating these simple and natural ways to keep the house moist and insect-free.  

Tips For Insect Free House In Monsoon 

One of the most common problems faced in homes during rain is mosquitoes and other rain bugs. Here are some ways you can keep them away. 

• Maintain general cleanliness in the house and ensure there is no water logging or stagnant water to prevent the breeding of mosquitoes.
• Plant insect repellent like marigold, lavender, Tulsi, Mint and Garlic in your kitchen garden, window sills, or terrace garden to create a barrier between your home and insects. 
• Use eucalyptus oil or lavender oil in the home to repel mosquitoes. 
• Always keep your mosquito repellent machines on. 
• Use window nets to prevent the flying bugs from entering your house. 

Tips to keep the house moisture-free in Monsoon 

Monsoon dampness and moisture create unease in the home ambiance and emit odor. You can use these simple tricks to keep your home moisture-free.  

• There are an array of moisture-absorbent plants you can keep inside your home which require low light and water to survive. A few of them are aloe vera, money plant, spider plant, etc. 
• Use oil diffusers to diffuse natural insect-repellent oil around the house while keeping it fragrant. 
• Keep a bowl of rock salt in the corner. The hygroscopic nature of salt keeps the dampness away. 

Tips To Prevent Infestation in Kitchen Ingredients

Rain results in infestation and moisture in the kitchen ingredients. Here are some homemade hacks to avoid that: 

• Keep your pulses and flour away from insects by keeping a bay leaf in the container.
• Place a bunch of rice in a cloth or tissue to keep your coffee dry and uninfested. 
• Put some cloves in sugar and salt to keep them infested-free. 
• Put neem leaves in the rice container. 

Incorporate these simple tips and hacks to keep your home and kitchen clean, moisture-free, and away from pests.