Posts tagged: repellant
How-To: Homemade Citronella Candles.
By ChrisjobSome old candles or block wax + citronella oil + recycled food containers + a few tools = homemade citronella candles. Keep them buggies away with your own DIY citronellas, which, apparently, are only basic wax candles scented with citronella oil, a plant-based insect repellant, from a species in the lemongrass family.
Materials
1. old wax candles, or any type of safely melt-able wax
2. crayons
3. container for melting wax
4. wicks
5. citr » READ MORE
How to make your own fly paper
By DIY Maven
"This fly paper is delicious!" How couldn't it be with ingredients like this?
- 1/4 cup maple syrup
- 1 tablespoon brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon granulated sugar
- brown pape » READ MORE
Top 10 Ways to Repel Mosquitoes (Low Tech Style)
By DIY Maven
10. Eliminate standing water. Objects that can collect water provide for perfect breeding areas for mosquitoes. This includes plastic wrappers, tarps, tires, planter saucers, kids' toys and clogged gutters. Also, if you’re a fan of birdbaths, change the water in them at least twice a week, and, of course, change the water in outdoor pet bowls regularly. For items such as recyling bins, drill drainage holes to prevent standing water.
9. Grow the » READ MORE
