Standing water in your yard can cause potential pest problems.
Mosquitoes for example can breed and become a big issue with any source of standing water.
Other pests find areas with moist soil to live in like termites where their colony can grow and eventually ruin your house.
These types of pest problems can be prevented if you make sure to rid your yard of standing water.
There are many sources in the yard for standing water to watch out for so that you can fix the problem.
Uneven soil on the ground or low spots in the yard is the most common issue.
Get your yard's soil leveled out or get a drainage system to help.
Children's toy that are left in the yard can collect water in them.
Put these away.
Another source is gardening equipment.
Things like pots can collect water.
Gutters working improperly or lack of gutters running off the roof creating standing water near the home.
Pools that aren't properly treated with chemicals or pool tarps that collect water can become an issue.
It's important to get rid of this standing water as best as possible.
Clean out the gutters especially because this water run off is making the foundation soil around the home moist.
This can be a problem because ants, termites, and other pests love to live in or near the moist soil.
Since it's so close to the home it give them easy access to start causing problems in the walls of the home.
If you purposely have water like in a rain barrel for your garden and plants, be sure to get the covers that help keep mosquitoes out of the water so they can't lay eggs in it as easily.
This might seem like a bit of work, but it's must easier to prevent these water problems than it is to get rid of the pest once there is an infestation.