{"id":3521,"date":"2016-09-16T19:05:31","date_gmt":"2016-09-17T00:05:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/homesteaderdepot.com\/?p=3521"},"modified":"2016-09-16T19:05:31","modified_gmt":"2016-09-17T00:05:31","slug":"super-simple-diy-pest-repellent-for-the-garden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/survivalhomesteader.net\/2016\/09\/16\/super-simple-diy-pest-repellent-for-the-garden\/","title":{"rendered":"Super-Simple DIY Pest Repellent for the Garden"},"content":{"rendered":"
As you probably know, most commercially available pest-repellants are full of harmful chemicals that you wouldn’t want anywhere near your house, children, or pets, let alone near the garden that you’re growing your food in.<\/p>\n
Even if you don’t spray chemicals right on the leaves of your plants, spraying them around the perimeter, either to kill grass, weeds or bugs, will trickle into the soil and can easily be absorbed through the roots of your plants, and you don’t want that.<\/p>\n
But there is a very easy, at-home solution for keeping pests out of your garden, and it’s safe enough to use regularly.<\/p>\n
The solution is very simple: vinegar and peppermint essential oil. You can spray it around the perimeter of your garden, however NOT on any plants you want to keep alive, vinegar kills plants! If you have a fence around your garden it would be ideal to coat the fence with the spray every week or so, and the strong, pest-repelling scent of the peppermint oil is sure to keep pests away.<\/p>\n
What you need:<\/strong><\/p>\n Peppermint essential oil<\/p>\n Vinegar<\/p>\n Spray bottle<\/p>\n Label (optional but recommended)<\/p>\n What you do:<\/strong><\/p>\n And that’s it! If you can create a barricade around your garden of the strong vinegar and peppermint oil scent, it will greatly reduce the pests in your garden without putting toxic chemicals in your food.<\/p>\n If you enjoyed this you might also like:<\/strong><\/p>\n As you probably know, most commercially available pest-repellants are full of harmful chemicals that you wouldn’t want anywhere near your house, children, or pets, let alone near the garden that you’re growing your food in. Even if you don’t spray chemicals right on the leaves of your plants, spraying them around the perimeter, either to<\/p>\n\n
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