Bugs-Be-Gone
Recipes By: raindear
Great ideas of ridding your house/garden of pesky bugs without endangering your family and pets.
ANTS:
To keep ants out of a house or a garden: sprinkle ground cinnamon around base of house. (I get the bulk cheap stuff works great no ants in 7 yrs!) You can also sprinkle it on ant beds, to kill the ants (or they will travel to your neighbours yards).
For your garden: sprinkle concentrated lemon juice round the whole garden, keeps ants & insects out of garden. Both are ok to use if you have pets or little kids around, safe for all to use & you can get the kids to do it for you without worry!
ANT TRAPS:
Ingredients: 1/3 cup molasses, 6 Tablespoons sugar, 6 Tablespoons active dry yeast.
Mix ingredients together in a small bowl until they form a smooth paste.
Spread the mixture into plastic lid. Any old plastic container will do.
Set the mixture near the mouth of ant hill. For kitchen areas, coat a strip of cardboard with the mixture and lay along floor or in crevices where ants travel. Works best with medium to large ants. Try substituting honey for the molasses.
MAKE YOUR OWN FLY PAPER:
Ingredients: 1/4 cup maple syrup, 1 Tablespoon brown sugar, 1 Tablespoon granulated sugar.
Mix ingredients together in a small bowl. Pour over strips of brown paper and let soak overnight. To hang, poke a hole in one end of a strip and tie a string to it.
MOSQUITO/INSECT REPELLENT:
Formula 1: 3 cups rubbing alcohol, 1+1/2 cups red cedar wood shavings, 1/2 cup eucalyptus leaves.
Mix ingredients together in a large bowl or jar. Cover and let stand 5 days. Strain the solid ingredients out and save the remaining liquid. Store tightly sealed. Yield: 2 cups. To use, pour into a small spray bottle and spray lightly on skin.
Formula 2: Mix together: One ounce of either oil of citronella or pennyroyal, Baby oil or vegetable oil, a few drops Citronella and pennyroyal, can be found at most health food stores.
Apply to skin before going outside.
Formula 3: Four parts glycerine, 4 parts alcohol, 1 part eucalyptus oil.
The castor bean plant: Seeds available from any nursery. Plant in pots within the house; replant outdoors. Decorative and they grow like weeds!
Garlic Juice: My grandson is allergic to any type of repellent with chemicals in it. So we use a mixture of Garlic juice and water. Use at least 1 part garlic juice to 5 parts water in a small personal size spray bottle. Works every time, works great in the woods, hubby forgot one day and had a terrible case of chiggers. We originally started to use this in our garden instead of poisons and decided to use it on ourselves since it worked so well.
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