Pest Control Begins with Good Housekeeping "Systematic housekeeping helps control household pests. You can rid your home of practically all pests, and keep it free of them, by a combination of continuous good housekeeping and the proper use of the right pesticide at the right time." I swear I hate bugs. All the bugs. The biting ones. The blood sucking ones. They flying ones especially! Twice I have had the unfortunate situation where a neighbor wasn't as clean as they could have been and introduced pests to our home. It seemed like no matter what we did the bugs just wanted to come in. One time our house was invaded by fire ants. These spawns from hell itself crawled into my kids beds and bit them at night. I was sooooo mad. ... Here is what our Almanac suggests for continuous pest control. Practice Sanitation Spoiled food in your pantry, refrigerator, trash can, or corners of the floor can be magnets for bugs. Be su...