This year, we were lucky not to have as many mosquitoes at our place as in previous years. But, in the last few weeks, we’ve definitely been seeing them do their crazy super slow, yet strangely elusive, dance around our home. (How can a flying thing be so fast and so slow all at once!) The best way to deal with a mosquito is to repel him.
Here’s what works for us.
1. Eat more fresh garlic.
Some scientists say this is a crock but I’m usually willing to give something a try if it’s non-toxic and tastes good anyway. I’m usually a tasty treat for mosquitos but when I eat a lot of garlic, they will fly around me and ignore me! It can’t hurt to try, right? Make a big batch of garlicky pesto and enjoy.
2. Use natural bug spray.
I could recommend a recipe for making your own. But for me, buying pre-made spray is less expensive than the individual oils since we don’t face mosquito invasion on the same level as other places. The herbal option is stinky but it works. Plus, I feel better about not spraying DEET on my kids. We use .
3. Rid your house of stagnant water.
This seems obvious but it never hurts to double-check your space. This year, I started seeing a lot of these blood suckers in the salvia bush outside my front door. I wondered what it was about salvia that was causing this cloud to settle there.
Then, I discovered that the hose in my flowerbed wasn’t off all the way. One of the kids had decided to “help” water. I moved it and shut it off immediately. Within a day, the pool of water and cloud of mosquitoes was gone.
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