Hello Gardeners, I’m Amanda McNulty with Clemson Extension and Making It Grow. Five gallon plastic buckets are a major part of my life. I use them to transport cut flowers, for toting water, and to hold pulled weeds yard trimmings. Even if you turn these upside down, there is a channel under the rim that holds enough water for mosquitoes to breed in. So I have to stack them inside the well house. I’ve noticed that if the lid doesn’t get back on the trash cans nice and tight, water collects down in there, too. Once you become a standing water vigilante, you’ll find yourself making occasional sweeps through your yard and noticing a tarp covering a grill with water pooled in it, or a child’s plastic dump truck – all spots that within one week can be responsible for thousands of mosquitoes hatching and half of those are out for your blood!
Eliminate Standing Water to Get Rid of Mosquitoes
