This $8 ‘Bucket of Doom’ trick stops mosquitoes breeding during summer – it's so simple, plus it won't harm other wildlife in the yard

Drainage swale rain garden with groundcovers under willow tree in California garden.

I’ve always been popular with mosquitoes, particularly when I was gardening in Italy. I guess that you, too, might suffer during summer, like so many gardeners do.

If you are fed up with getting bitten, especially near still water, like a birdbath or rain barrel, you’ll forever be on the lookout for ways to get rid of mosquitoes. And while you might have tried chemical sprays and citronella candles, it can be frustrating when nothing seems to work. Step forward, mosquito dunks, and the 'Bucket of Doom' trick.