Our Boat

Our Boat
Westsail 32, s/v Harbinger

Sunday, July 21, 2013

Homemade Mosquito Repellant

For some reason there are Mosquitos attacking us each night when we sit on the deck to enjoy the evening. They only come out in the evening about 9pm. I read online different recipes, and made a repellant that works pretty good and with what I had on hand. The best repellant is a netting, but who wants to net the whole boat.


Here it is

1/2 citrus fruit, I squeezed 1/2 an orange, but most people use lemons
30 drops Lavendar
1 tbs Vanilla
3 tbs Witch Hazel

Fill remaining with water, I used about a 1/2 cup because my spray bottle is small.  It smells good, makes our dog n cat sneeze, and deters the Mosquitos well. And there are no toxic chemicals!



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