How To Keep MOSQUITOES Away
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In your measuring cup add the following: 1/2 teaspoon Citronella essential oil, 1/2 teaspoon cedarwood essential oil, 1/2 teaspoon eucalyptus, 1/2 teaspoon lavender & 1-1/2 teaspoons of polysorbate 20.
Mix the essential oils and polysorbate 20 together in your measuring cup first. Once mixture is combined, then it is safe to add in 4 oz. of witch hazel. Your solution may be cloudy, this is normal.
Pour your mosquito be gone mixture into your 4 oz. sprayer and make sure to keep it on hand when you happen to be out and about. This is a great way to keep those mosquitos away without all those other harmful ingredients that so many of the commercial mosquito repellants contain.
Mix the essential oils and polysorbate 20 together in your measuring cup first. Once mixture is combined, then it is safe to add in 4 oz. of witch hazel. Your solution may be cloudy, this is normal.
Pour your mosquito be gone mixture into your 4 oz. sprayer and make sure to keep it on hand when you happen to be out and about. This is a great way to keep those mosquitos away without all those other harmful ingredients that so many of the commercial mosquito repellants contain.
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-My favorite remedy is planting plants. Plant these all over your yard and wear you spend your time outside at dusk and dawn.These plants look pretty, smell good, and are by no means a compromise to the landscape of your home.
Plants these to repel the insects:
-Ageratum
-Basil
-Garlic
-Thyme
-Daisies
-Spearmint
-Peppermint
-Catnip
-Rosemary
-Marigolds
-Eucalyptus
-Horsemint
-Cedar
-Verbena
-Lemon Grass
-Pin several fabric softener dryer sheets to your clothes when you are outside. The sheets have a repelling effect on mosquitoes.
-Spritz yourself with lemon eucalyptus oil. You can get this from a health food store. Put five drops of the oil in 1 cup of water, then put the mixture in a plastic spray bottle and give yourself two or three good sprays before going outside. The scent of the oil will keep mosquitoes away.
-Burn citronella candles around your house when you are outside at night. Mosquitoes hate citronella. Make sure you create a ring of lit citronella candles around wherever it is you are planning to be when you are outside.
-Remove any sources of stagnant standing water from around your home. Mosquitoes love standing water and use it as a breeding ground. Even a small planter pot that has been left outside and filled up with rain water is a potential breeding ground for mosquitoes, so get rid of it.
-Pin several fabric softener dryer sheets to your clothes when you are outside. The sheets have a repelling effect on mosquitoes.
-Spritz yourself with lemon eucalyptus oil. You can get this from a health food store. Put five drops of the oil in 1 cup of water, then put the mixture in a plastic spray bottle and give yourself two or three good sprays before going outside. The scent of the oil will keep mosquitoes away.
-Burn citronella candles around your house when you are outside at night. Mosquitoes hate citronella. Make sure you create a ring of lit citronella candles around wherever it is you are planning to be when you are outside.
-Remove any sources of stagnant standing water from around your home. Mosquitoes love standing water and use it as a breeding ground. Even a small planter pot that has been left outside and filled up with rain water is a potential breeding ground for mosquitoes, so get rid of it.
-Put up mosquito netting all around where you are planning to be outside. You can get mosquito netting from most sports and camping supply stores. The netting has thousands of tiny holes in it that are big enough for you to see out of, but too small for the mosquitoes to fly through. This netting is widely used in Africa in areas that are prone to malaria.
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