Simple steps to help reduce mosquito breeding at your home.

• Get rid of old tires, tin cans, buckets, drums, bottle or an water holding containers.


• Fill in or drain any low places (puddles, ruts) in yard.


• Keep drains, ditches and culverts clean of weeds and trash so water will drain properly.


• Cover trash containers to keep out rain water.


• Repair leaky pipes and outside faucets.


• Empty plastic wading pool at least once a week and store it indoors when not in use.


• Make sure your backyard pool is properly cared for while on vacation.


• Fill in tree rot holes and hollow stumps that cold water with sand or concrete.


• Change the water in bird baths and plants pots or drip trays at least once each week.


• Keep grass cut short and shrubbery well trimmed around the house so adult mosquitoes will not hide there.

Sources: Valley Morning Star, March 27, 2004.