How can you keep such pests as flies, cockroaches, stinging insects, and ants from becoming a nuisance and potential health threat to you and your picnic basket? Following good food safety practices and a healthy dose of common sense before, during, and after an outdoor meal can protect you, your family, and your guests.

The key to keeping your home and living environment pest-free is to take the fight to pests on the exterior of your house. That battleground can be found right outside the front or back door in your yard.