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Simple Living
True Blue Farmgirl
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Joan
Staten Island
NY
USA
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 Posted - May 14 2012 : 06:10:52 AM
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Does anyone have a natural remedy to repel bites. They just love me all year round! I'm not allowed to use any perfumes, or chemical type base on my skin
A Friend is Someone who Reaches for your Hand, But Touches your Heart!
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jan49829
True Blue Farmgirl
2428 Posts
Janet
Winter Haven
Florida
USA
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Simple Living
True Blue Farmgirl
1402 Posts
Joan
Staten Island
NY
USA
1402 Posts |
Posted - May 14 2012 : 09:28:18 AM
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Interesting, if it doesn't work against mosquitos, at least I will be smelling fresh lol
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Bear5
True Blue Farmgirl
13055 Posts
Louisiana/Texas
USA
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Posted - May 14 2012 : 09:54:54 AM
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Last evening, I helped weed the garden area. Mosquitos all over the place. When I have bananas, I'll take the peels and rub the inside on my arms and legs and neck. Works for me.
Marly
"It's only when we truly know and understand that we have a limited time on earth- and that we have no way of knowing when our time is up- that we will begin to live each day to the fullest, as if it was the only one we had." Elisabeth Kurler-Ross |
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Simple Living
True Blue Farmgirl
1402 Posts
Joan
Staten Island
NY
USA
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Posted - May 14 2012 : 10:09:49 AM
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lol, love that...I will try anything at this point!
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sjmjgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
566 Posts
Stephanie
Mt. Vernon
Iowa
USA
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neeter302
True Blue Farmgirl
257 Posts
Anita
Hanover
Indiana
USA
257 Posts |
Posted - Jun 23 2013 : 2:12:31 PM
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Avon Skin-So-Soft oil works very well to repel all types of insects, dryer sheets can be placed in a pocket, under a hat, tucked into a sock or rubbed on the skin, a teaspoon of vanilla extract stirred into a cup of water, put into a spray bottle and mist your skin also works. I'm more inclined to use repellants now since several cases of lime disease in our area from ticks.
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MagnoliaWhisper
True Blue Farmgirl
2817 Posts
Heather
Haysville
Kansas
USA
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Posted - Jun 23 2013 : 2:40:51 PM
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I am VERY against ticks, both my grandmother and a little boy of my friends almost died from Rocky Mountain Spotted Tick Fever. My grandma lived in the mountains, little boy did not!
Any way....one I am inclined to use, since it even works on LICE! Is tea tree oil!
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sonshine4u
Chapter Guru
1205 Posts
April
New Prague
MN
USA
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Montrose Girl
Farmgirl Legend/Schoolmarm
1360 Posts
Laurie
Montrose
CO
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Posted - Jun 25 2013 : 8:13:12 PM
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I use lavender hydrosol. Spray it on and repeat as needed. it's the byproduct of distilling for the oil, so all natural. We were up in the NF and the mosqitoes were everywhere. We never got bit.
Laurie
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texdane
Farmgirl Legend Chapter Leader Chapter Guru
4658 Posts
Nicole
Sandy Hook
CT
USA
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Posted - Jun 26 2013 : 08:30:27 AM
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The natural insect repellent works great. Also, if you have a patio, try a Citronella plant. My dad is in Houston and they have massive mosquitos. He bought a Citronella plant and he says when you sit in that area, it's amazingly bug free.
If you get a bite, stop the itch by putting a "wagon wheel" on it...gently "mash" the bite with your fingernail (not hard enough to break the skin, just hard enough to make temporary mark) in a wagon-wheel pattern. It stops the bite's itch for awhile.
Nicole
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Calicogirl
True Blue Farmgirl
5216 Posts
Sharon
Bruce Crossing
Michigan
USA
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Posted - Jun 26 2013 : 09:09:16 AM
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Laurie, that's interesting I will have to try that. I have used lavender essential oil to relieve the itching and swelling of mosquito bites and deer fly bites with great success, but if I can avoid that altogether I would be one happy camper  Thanks for sharing :)
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~Sharon
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shawneefarmgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
91 Posts
Linda
Missouri
USA
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Posted - Jul 09 2013 : 2:14:23 PM
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Heather - may I ask? Do you mix tree tea oil with water and spray it on to prevent bites? Or do you mean you use it after you have a bite??
I'll tell you the truth, if a man keeps my word, he will never see death." John 8:51 |
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