AS the weather gets colder, your home may become a target for rodents seeking refuge.
A home expert revealed the simple way you can prevent mice from entering your home this winter.
Instagram user Babs, who runs the account Brunch With Babs, shared a DIY tip for repelling mice from your home.
The home expert recommended placing a combination of kitchen spices into a favor bag and placing them throughout your home.
“Mice have a very intense sense of smell and strong smells like this keep them away,” Babs explained.
She detailed: “In your favor bag, one tablespoon of red pepper flakes, one tablespoon of whole cloves, one cinnamon stick.”
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The Instagrammer suggested: “You can put these anywhere. Like all around your house, by your garage doors, and any place you have an opening in your foundation.”
Babs pointed out the additional bonus that the repellent is all-natural and makes your house smell like Christmas.
“This is the time of year those little creatures are coming in for food, water, and shelter, and your home is in their bullseye,” she told her followers.
Instagram users took to the comments section to share their thoughts on the hack.
“Those little buggers get in the shed every year. They even ate the wires in the lawnmower! Pepper flakes are going a-flyin’ this year!” said one viewer.
Another person wrote: “We’ll be giving this a try this year. Last winter we had mice getting into our cars. Nothing we tried worked. Praying this works for us!”
