- Cover trash containers to keep rain water out
- Empty plastic wading pools at least once a week and store them indoors when not in use
- Get rid of old tires, tin cans, buckets, drums, bottles, or any water holding containers
- Make sure your backyard pool is properly cared for while on vacation
- Clean gutters periodically
- Change the water in bird baths and plant pots or drip trays at least once a week
- Keep grass cut short ans shrubbery well trimmed around the house so adult mosquitoes will not hide there
- 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
- Fill in tree rot holes and hollow stumps that hold water with sand or concrete
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