Vegetables Gardening - Growing Organic Vegetables

I am extremely allergic to Avon's Skin so Soft - So be careful.  Try it on a small area first ;-).

I LOVE DoTerra's Terrashield Essential Oil.  It repels ALL kinds of insects - ticks, fleas, mosquitoes, flies, etc  (and even cockroaches and scorpions!).  And it smells GOOD :-).  You just mix a few drops with water and spray around your garden (even keeps the bad bugs off your plants - but won't deter your pollinators) and on your clothes.  Mix a drop or two with a Tbs of coconut oil and put on exposed skin. 

I like you am a mosquito magnet - and this one works for me.  (I even spray the dog to keep ticks off her when we go camping)

Toni

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From: Andrew Lindsay <a.lindsay247@googlemail.com>
To: mittleidermethodgardening <MittleiderMethodGardening@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2013 1:16 AM
Subject: Re: [MittleiderMethodGardening] Mosquito problem


 
Hi

The best repellent for mosquito and midges is a available as a dry oil
body spray from Avon's Skin So Soft range from your Avon rep (providing you
have Avon in the states). I have used it and have not been bothered by
either. It is even used by the Marines, see following link
http://www.scotsman.com/news/scotland/top-stories/avon-s-spray-finds-calling-as-midge-repellent-for-royal-marines-1-1403152

Good stuff.

Andrew

On 14 August 2013 02:31, TGKP_Free4Me <tgkp_free4me@comcast.net> wrote:

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> I was reading this old post about getting rid of slugs, as they sometimes
> are a big problem in my garden, but there is no way I can go out at night
> to pick them, as I seem to be a mosquito magnet! My husband and brother are
> smokers, and mosquitos don't seem to bother them. I am not a smoker, and If
> I step out at night or early morning, they seem to flock to me. Sometimes
> even during the middle of the day, they are after me. I have tried that
> "Mosquito" plant, let me tell you, it doesn't work. I have tried the
> torches even with the "Mosquito" fuel, and it doesn't work. I hate to have
> to spray the Deet on me, and sometimes even with that, I get bit. I try and
> make sure there is no standing water in my yard, but I don't always have
> time to dump everything. Anyone have any other ideas on how to repel
> Mosquitos? Thanks.
>
> Teri P.
>
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> From: "CGP G" <charlysgardenplace@gmail.com>
> To: MittleiderMethodGardening@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Friday, July 5, 2013 11:08:08 AM
> Subject: Re: [MittleiderMethodGardening] Moss and slugs
>
> Hi
> Using bread as an attractant works, for me, even better than beer. The
> only problem is having to go hand-collect them, dusk and later, aided by a
> flashlight. But bread is safe for pets, wildlife, and soil, (and I can
> safely feed slug-ingested bread to my ducks and chickens). Sluggo and beer
> get expensive, but the tradeoff for using bread is investing time. I count
> it as spending more time in the garden - it lets me see what's going on at
> night.
> One thought: collecting is easier with a strap-on head light to keep hands
> free.
> Happy hunting!
>
> Charly, GartenMeister
> I work the garden, God grows it :)
>
> On Jul 5, 2013, at 3:24 AM, "incredible.family" <
> incredible.family@yahoo.com > wrote:
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> > I have been transforming my "sidehill/uphill" garden into MM. Soil has
> > a light green moss on top in some areas in some spots. Also slugs. Any
> > ideas other than Kenyon hoeing for the moss and baiting slugs with beer
> > or using Sluggo?
> >
> >
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