Natural Mosquito Repellent

One teaspoon to each quart of dogs drinking water will keep fleas from bothering your dog. I have done this with my dog, and wanted to share. My dog still drinks the water so that is not a problem. She's almost 13 and it has not hurt her.

Hi, I am new to this site but thought since I am here, being a woman and all, that I may as well put my two cents in as well. I had an outside dog when I moved into my new home and we have a bunch of neighborhood dogs that run free and are so infested they only have of their hair. Owners need to be taught a lesson... Anyway, I worked in a bar at the time and had the sweetest older gentlmen that came in regular and I was telling them my problem and one told me this trick that I have used since. I have 3 kids and don't like chemicals especially since one had ezcema. He told me to go buy a bag of cedar- cide, you can get this at some Walmarts or fertelizer stores. Get a couple of big buckets and fill them a third full with the cedarcide, then fill with water, and cover. Let sit for 24 hours, you can buy this made at some stores but it cost alot. After it sits strain all the water into a sprayer and spray everything, being natural I sprayed my yard, the inside of my house,my furniture, everything. Then sprinkle the chips around your house outside and I put a few in the closet and such. It got rid of my Fleas, my yard bugs, I had less mosquitos, no locust, etc. It was nice. Now I buy a bag every summer and keep my yard and house sprayed. You can get a bag for 8 bucks and I only use one bag per summer. I only have about three quarters of an acre, and a small 3 bedroom house. So more land more cedar.

Beleive it or not it works:

I just moved into my new house and there are mosquito's everywhere. I was told that If I sprayed my entryways and porch with Listerine mouth wash that the mosquitos would stay away. I figured what the heck and gave it a try. I probably had 50+ mosquitos in my entryway when I began to spray listerine. 30min later I had maybe 1 brave mosquito flying around. I now spray the entry and deck in the morning and evening and I dont have mosquitos in the house.

The best natural flea and roach killer and repellent I've found
is 20 Mule Borax! I've always had cats and dogs (raise Bull
Terriers) and have used this for 20 years in my homes in Florida
and now in the bayou in Louisiana (typical bug paradises!) When we
first moved to Florida our pets and home became quickly infested
and after trying every nasty chemical with only temporary results,
we read about Borax.Sprinkled it everywhere (NOT on pets!), then
vaccumed and swept.After that, only under counters,stoves, along
baseboards,behind furniture- it only takes a little at this point,
once they are gone, to keep them gone.I was amazed.Occasionally a
roach gets in and I direct hit with a 50-50 mix of Dr.Bonner's
peppermint soap and water.I keep my dogs away from dogs I don't
know- tried a dog park once and picked up some
hitch-hikers(fleas)

Hola. Any body cant tell me whath is "fabric softener sheet" in
spanish?Those mosquitos got me and my family
crazy...HELP.<<a_ayala18@hotmail.com>>

I tried this recipe at a nursery I work at and the mosquitoes
loved it.I figure it cost me 24.00 for this.What a waste.

A safe way to deal with fleas is to sprinkle lots of salt on
carpets, rugs, and hardwood floors, especially along baseboards,
leave on for several hours before vacuuming up. This is safe for
pets, but it dehydrates fleas in all the stages of life including
the dormant stages. I don’t have pets and only used this when I
moved into a home where fleas were present. When I did it, I left
it overnight and it worked. If you have pets, you may have to do it
more than once.

I live in Jamaica and we're loaded with mosquitos. I haven't yet
found any miracle cure (and don't think plaintain grows here). I do
sleep with a mosquito net, but when I'm desparate, I just burn a
lot of incense. It doesn't kill the mosquitos, but they avoid the
smoke. Unfortunately, I do not like breathing it either.

I am new and am looking to find a way to keep mosiquitos from
hanging around. I am not much for store bought chemicals, but need
to spray or put something around my porch area (the little buggers
keep getting in when the screen door opens). This year seems to
really be bad and need something quick.Thank you in
advance!!

Thanks for mosquito repellent. A different subject that goes in
a different catagory that I don't know how to get to: How can I
make homemade shower gel. We go through a lot and I want a more
economical way to supply my large family without a lot of
chemicals. Gail Erman

Maybe in Panama we got the "plaintain" and the rosemary.Pls,
send me the scientific name ,so I can make the mosquito
repellent.

I checked out your request for the scientific name for plantain
and came accross this useful
page:http://www.vitacost.com/science/hn/Herb/Plantain.htmAnd for
Rosemary:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RosemaryHope this is useful.I
have regular battles with the plantain that grows up in my lawn,
but now that I knwo how useful it is, i might not be so annoyed.I
also grow Rosemary and have found it relatively easy to grow this.
my soil is not the greatest, so if it can survive in my garden, it
can survive just about anywhere i reckon!Gaynor Davidson

G Davidson: You may want to try using garlic in your dogs food.
I've used it for years to keep the fleas off and parisites out. I
make my dogs food following Dr. Pitcairns Natural Health for Dogs
and Cats recipes. You may also want to read, Natural Healing for
Dogs and Cats by Martin Goldstein. When starting out, you'll want
to use a sm. amount of powdered garlic on the food. If you use alot
to start out it may upset their tummy.

I dont know if you have them in the us,, but Dock Leaf is great
not only for stinging netteles and other stinging plants, but also
for bites too. I would also be interested in recipe for making
repellent from growing rosemary and rose geranium.And does anyone
know a good natural way of keeping fleas at bay in the home and on
pets? I have 2 cats and 2 dogs so really need something to deal
with it, or a way of stopping them biting me!!

The fabric sheets sound great. They are good in your kitchen
draws to keep pest oout of there also. The reason fo rthe greasy
spot they make in you clothes is that they are made from animal
fat.

Where can I purchase seeds of plants of plaintain?

I have good results warding off all biting and annoying flying
critters by taking a fabric softener sheet and tucking it into the
hatband of my hat or just about anyhere close to exposed skin. I
don't know what it does but the gnats and mosquitos will not come
around you at all! I will tell you to be careful of your clothing
when you use one like this as it will put a greasy type stain on
your clothes. But it does work, and I must say that Downy sheets
seem to do the best repelling of the ones I have tried,Hope all
your days are skeeter and gnat free,lockerridge@yahoo.com

Hola. Donde vivo, hay mucho mosquito Anofeles. Alguien sabe de
algun remedio casero para espantarlos o eliminarlos antes que ellos
me eliminen a mi y a mi familia?

I´d be interested in knowing how I could use the actual Rose
Geranium plant itself, to make mozzie repellent, and also the
actual Rosemary plant.. since I have both growing in abundance..
maybe a few sprigs in water dotted around the house might help,
slightly crushed to release the essential oils into the air? I
wonder if that would help keep mozzies at bay..? Any more
ideas/comments?

I have been making plaintain ointment and have found many uses
for it. Not only is it the best I've ever found for stings and
bites, it works great for burns, cold sores and shingles. I've seen
results from all the uses above. I've also read that it works well
for ring worm. In the past I've make mullein oil or earaches. It
worked well, than I read that plaintain worked well for earaches. I
made up the plaintain oil and it does work wonders. If I could only
have one weed or herb to use I think I would choose the humble
Plaintain.