On Sunday, June 30, 2013 1:00:15 PM UTC-5, casa bona wrote:
> On 6/30/2013 11:57 AM, Pico Rico wrote:
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> > "casa bona" > wrote in message
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> > ...
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> >> On 6/30/2013 10:50 AM, ImStillMags wrote:
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> >>> Great natural repellant you make yourself. No bad stuff in it.
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> >>>
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> >>>
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> >>>
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> >>>
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> >>>
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> >>> HOME MADE MOSQUITO REPELLENT (ALSO FOR ANTS & FLEAS)
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> >>> (And free from chemicals that poison the body)
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> >>>
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> >>> Ingredients:
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> >>>
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> >>> 1/2 litre of alcohol (regular rubbing alcohol)
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> >>> 100 gram of whole cloves
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> >>> 100 ml of baby oil or similar (almond, sesame, chamomile, lavender,
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> >>> fennel etc)
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> >>>
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> >>> Preparation:
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> >>> Leave cloves to marinate in alcohol four days
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> >>> Stir every morning and evening
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> >>> After 4 days add the oil
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> >>> It's now ready to use.
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> >>>
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> >>> How to use:
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> >>>
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> >>> Gently rub a few drops into the skin of the arms and legs.
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> >>> Observe the mosquitoes fleeing the room.
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> >>> Repels fleas on pets too.
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> >>>
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> >>
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> >> Oil of citronella is reported to have some effects to, but the Canadians
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> >> may be on to something far better:
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> >>
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> >> http://www.mozi-q.com/
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> >
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> > clicked on their "brief story" about it, but it was a goofy video with some
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> > nut job writing with a marker. Not brief enough for me.
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> I have not tried the product yet, but the testimonials seem sound.
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> I think it's well worth a try.

"Homeopathic" is stupid. Flat earth stupid. Tooth fairy stupid. Citronella
works somewhat, and eucalyptus a bit better, though perhaps not in areas where
eucalyptus trees are native. Catnip extract is probably the single best, but
that's based on science, not experience. Today, I used eucalyptus lotion,
and it worked.

I was getting bit in the afternoon in the shade. My son and I were constructing an herb garden as a birthday present for mother/wife. It was his idea, and he'd suggested it over a week ago. After the eucalyptus stuff, no more bites. Really, no more bites.

Lemongrass is also somewhat effective, and cedar oil certainly is, but it's more
toxic than DEET. DEET works. It smells bad, and tastes worse. Using it on a camping trip where you want to have great *out in the country* sex is a
non-starter, but for backyard gardening, nothing rivals it. Mosquitoes hate DEET.

--Bryan

On 7/3/2013 7:27 PM, Vegan Earthworm Holocaust wrote:
> On Sunday, June 30, 2013 1:00:15 PM UTC-5, casa bona wrote:
>> On 6/30/2013 11:57 AM, Pico Rico wrote:
>>
>>> "casa bona" > wrote in message
>>
>>> ...
>>
>>>> On 6/30/2013 10:50 AM, ImStillMags wrote:
>>
>>>>> Great natural repellant you make yourself. No bad stuff in it.
>>
>>>>>
>>
>>>>>
>>
>>>>>
>>
>>>>>
>>
>>>>>
>>
>>>>> HOME MADE MOSQUITO REPELLENT (ALSO FOR ANTS & FLEAS)
>>
>>>>> (And free from chemicals that poison the body)
>>
>>>>>
>>
>>>>> Ingredients:
>>
>>>>>
>>
>>>>> 1/2 litre of alcohol (regular rubbing alcohol)
>>
>>>>> 100 gram of whole cloves
>>
>>>>> 100 ml of baby oil or similar (almond, sesame, chamomile, lavender,
>>
>>>>> fennel etc)
>>
>>>>>
>>
>>>>> Preparation:
>>
>>>>> Leave cloves to marinate in alcohol four days
>>
>>>>> Stir every morning and evening
>>
>>>>> After 4 days add the oil
>>
>>>>> It's now ready to use.
>>
>>>>>
>>
>>>>> How to use:
>>
>>>>>
>>
>>>>> Gently rub a few drops into the skin of the arms and legs.
>>
>>>>> Observe the mosquitoes fleeing the room.
>>
>>>>> Repels fleas on pets too.
>>
>>>>>
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>> Oil of citronella is reported to have some effects to, but the Canadians
>>
>>>> may be on to something far better:
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>> http://www.mozi-q.com/
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>
>>
>>> clicked on their "brief story" about it, but it was a goofy video with some
>>
>>> nut job writing with a marker. Not brief enough for me.
>>
>>>
>>
>>>
>>
>> I have not tried the product yet, but the testimonials seem sound.
>>
>>
>>
>> I think it's well worth a try.
>
> "Homeopathic" is stupid. Flat earth stupid. Tooth fairy stupid.

We're going to have to partly disagree there, depending on your own body
chemistry it can be effective, or not - it is not 100%.

> Citronella
> works somewhat, and eucalyptus a bit better, though perhaps not in areas where
> eucalyptus trees are native. Catnip extract is probably the single best, but
> that's based on science, not experience. Today, I used eucalyptus lotion,
> and it worked.

I have had no luck with citronella nor with tea tree oil which is a bit
like eucalyptus.

> I was getting bit in the afternoon in the shade. My son and I were constructing an herb garden as a birthday present for mother/wife. It was his idea, and he'd suggested it over a week ago. After the eucalyptus stuff, no more bites. Really, no more bites.

Worth a try then, thanks for the testimonial.

> Lemongrass is also somewhat effective, and cedar oil certainly is, but it's more
> toxic than DEET. DEET works. It smells bad, and tastes worse. Using it on a camping trip where you want to have great *out in the country* sex is a
> non-starter, but for backyard gardening, nothing rivals it. Mosquitoes hate DEET.
>
> --Bryan

Never fails, and in varying concentrations too, all the way down to 14%.

Our current clouds of gnats aren't deterred by DEET in any concentration.

N.