Organic Insect Repellent Recipe

Let’s talk about bugs, shall we? About just how much we dislike them? And after that, let’s discuss a natural insect repellent dish.

Some days I can take a sucker punch, and some days I can’t. When I went out to find my broccoli nibbled to tiny nubs, I might have lost it a little bit.

Shovels were thrown.

Fences were punched.

Chickens were kicked across the barnyard.

I’m joking! I would never toss a shovel.

Regardless, I came back into your home– steam coming from my ears– and chose I had one of two choices. I could either a) pray that the Lord would remove every single broccoli-nibbling-critter from here to kingdom come OR I might b) try and be an adult and come up with a much better service, like possibly developing an organic insect repellent recipe myself.

A fast reference in my gardening manual led me to an organic insect repellent dish. That combined with a couple of others I have actually heard of over the years lead me to the cookstove. Go figure.

Shaye? At the cookstove? Who ‘d’ve thunk.

I was all set to really bring my A-Game on these dumb bugs. I don’t care if they were hungry. I do not care if they have to have their place in the food chain. I desire them GONE! Because I love broccoli..

Organic Insect Repellent Dish.

You will need:.

— 1 natural onion.

— 1 whole head natural garlic.

— 1 teaspoon organic. cayenne pepper.

— 1 quart water.

— 1 tablespoon. meal soap.

— 1. spray bottle.

1. Mince or finely chop the onion and garlic. You do not need to peel them if you don’t wish to. I simply tossed them both in my. food mill. Mince. Do what you desire.

2. Integrate the minced onion, garlic, cayenne pepper, and water together in a large pan. Turn the heat on low and let it gently simmer, instill if you will, for 45-60 minutes.

By the method, your house is going to smell horrible. If you have actually got an outdoors cookstove I ‘d recommend doing that. Due to the fact that seriously. It stinks baaaad.

Bad. I really wish to highlight that. Do NOT prepare this insect spray prior to you have company or they’ll wonder what sort of dead carcass you have actually hidden under your home.

3. When the mix has actually simmered, allow it to cool to space temperature. Last but not least, pressure it through cheesecloth. As soon as most of the liquid has drained pipes through, utilize your hands to squeeze out all of the extra liquid from the super-stinky-mixture. It’s bug fightin’ goodness, child.

4. Combine the stinky liquid with the meal soap in the spray bottle. Carefully shake to combine.

5. Utilize the natural bug spray recipe ALL OVER your susceptible crops– I utilized it all over my broccoli, kale, collards, radishes, lettuce, and cabbages. I’ll reapply after each watering– about once a week.

It hinders the bugs. And if it doesn’t hinder them, and they consume a bite of my broccoli, I hope it burns their stomach and they never come back for more.

It’s been a couple of days given that the very first application so it might be a bit too early to inform, but it certainly seems that the plants are finally being left alone. I didn’t believe I ‘d need to fret about pests this early on in the season however they appear to have my address– appearing for breakfast, lunch, and dinner unwelcome.

Ingredients.