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jill skane
True Blue Farmgirl
853 Posts
jill lillian
stacyville
maine
USA
853 Posts |
 Posted - Jul 09 2010 : 08:20:37 AM
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| Does anyone know how to make peppermint oil, I place it around the barn and house and it keeps the barn mice so far from coming in, at least have not found traces of them. I have been buying oil from the health food stores, but would like to know how to do my own. |
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karla
True Blue Farmgirl
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karla
Pella
Iowa
USA
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jill skane
True Blue Farmgirl
853 Posts
jill lillian
stacyville
maine
USA
853 Posts |
Posted - Jul 09 2010 : 08:50:08 AM
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| thank you I will give it a try. |
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jill skane
True Blue Farmgirl
853 Posts
jill lillian
stacyville
maine
USA
853 Posts |
Posted - Jul 09 2010 : 08:51:49 AM
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| has anyone else used peppermint for mice. |
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Rxgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
216 Posts
Dana
Id
USA
216 Posts |
Posted - Jul 14 2010 : 8:38:05 PM
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I use it in the kitchen, we live next to a large undeveloped area and have a tendency to get mice. Ever since I started using the peppermint oil, I haven't had any more problems.
farmgirl #1432
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Edited by - Rxgirl on Jul 14 2010 8:38:23 PM |
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Calicogirl
True Blue Farmgirl
5216 Posts
Sharon
Bruce Crossing
Michigan
USA
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maggie14
True Blue Farmgirl
6784 Posts
Hannah
Washington
USA
6784 Posts |
Posted - Aug 21 2010 : 6:42:25 PM
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I'd love to know too!
Hugs,
Channah
Farmgirl sister #1219
Just a small town country girl trying to live her dreams. :) |
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JessieMae
True Blue Farmgirl
702 Posts
Jessie
Raleigh
North Carolina
USA
702 Posts |
Posted - Aug 29 2010 : 8:27:28 PM
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As I understand it, mice and other pests find their way around by scent. They remember their way back to their nests by the scent; they don't like to go where unfamiliar scents are because they might be the scents of predators. Peppermint oil is such an overwhelming fragrance the little mice's noses get confused and can't find their way back to where they were living. They move on to somewhere else. Same for insects. I've had great success keeping ants away from our dog food storage by just "painting" the cracks in the pantry with mint oil.
I am not sure if a person can "make" mint oil in a small quantity. A friend of mine is a mint farmer, and he uses a steam distillation process that is quite involved. It takes an acre of mint to make 35 pounds of oil.
For more info or to ask the "master" himself, visit www.peppermintjim.com. He's a friend of mine, and if you have a question about mint, he's sure to know the answer!
Jessie Mae
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Leilaht
True Blue Farmgirl
155 Posts
Elizabeth
Highland
MI
USA
155 Posts |
Posted - Sep 04 2010 : 05:07:41 AM
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If you are using it around a building it would be cheaper to just plant mint around the outside. Works the same. For inside the house sticks of Doublemint gum scattered in the cupboards work just as well. Everyone I tell this to thinks I am insane until they try it.
Liz
Strength and honor are her clothing; and she shall rejoice in time to come.
Proverbs 31:25 |
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jill skane
True Blue Farmgirl
853 Posts
jill lillian
stacyville
maine
USA
853 Posts |
Posted - Sep 04 2010 : 06:52:53 AM
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I have spearmint planted out side the kitchen door, but the mint is stronger, I have planted regular mint with it. I was told that you could crush the mint and put it in cloth bags. I have been buying mouse magic packets in the garden center and oil in the health food store and just add a couple of drops to that every time. This seems to work great.
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solilly
True Blue Farmgirl
726 Posts
Lillian
Williamsburg
Virginia
USA
726 Posts |
Posted - Sep 04 2010 : 07:30:05 AM
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Thanks ladies everyone now and then has to deal with mice in the pantry. I have we use traps I like this much better. Lilly 
learning the life I always wanted. |
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