Pest control: Should I give in and spray?
Despite my best efforts to keep it clean, my kitchen is being taken over by palmetto bugs.
They manage to find the tiniest crumb I didn't sweep up. My 13-year-old is afraid to turn on the kitchen light at night, because a big bug is likely to scurry across the floor.
I have resisted hiring a pest control company to eliminate my bugs as I try to limit our exposure to chemicals and toxins. I put out Terro for the ants and last night sprinkled some boric acid for the big guys.
But I am about to give up. We can't live in a house where you never know what will creep up your leg as you are opening the fridge.
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