Rats are notorious for gnawing through timber or tunnelling beneath concrete to reach food and shelter inside your property if they manage to establish a nest in your garden.

While numerous specialists have offered advice for preventing rats from entering your garden and house using chemical methods, you can also plant particular species in your garden to repel them.

Rats possess keen senses of smell and certain aromas are overwhelming for them, so when they detect these scents, they typically flee the area where the odour originates.

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Pest management specialists at Critter Control assert that there are plants which can help "keep rats away for good."

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