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Aromatherapy, Cedarwood, Cymbopogon, gardening, garlic, Geranium, green tips, Lavender, Peppermint, rosemary, Thyme
ESSENTIAL OIL NATURAL PEST REPELLENTS
Insect Essential Oil
Ants – peppermint, garlic, citronella
Aphids – peppermint, cedarwood, hyssop
Black Fly – lavender, tagetes
Caterpillars – peppermint
Fleas – lemongrass, citronella, lavender
Flies – lavender, citronella, peppermint, basil
Gnats – citronella, patchouli
Lice – peppermint, cedarwood
Mosquitoes – lavender, citronella, lemongrass
Slugs – garlic, cedar wood, pine
Snails – cedarwood, pine, garlic, hyssop
Ticks – thyme, citronella, sage
Weevils – sandalwood, citronella, sage
GOOD COMPANIONS
Vegetable Essential Oil
Asparagus basil
Green beans lavender, basil
Beetroot marjoram
Broccoli basil, thyme
Cabbage peppermint, sage, thyme
Cauliflower thyme
Celery geranium
Cucumber sage
Leeks hyssop
Lettuce tagetes
Onions chamomile
Peas geranium
Potatoes basil, sage
Tomatoes basil
aristonorganic 
Glad to be able to match which bugs don’t like which herbs. Lately I have noticed that on the porch I keep my plants that the bugs aren’t being as much of a problem for me when I’m outside. I think it also helps that the dragonflies are out again so they eat a lot of the flying insects too.
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oh yes the Dragonfly is a great predator. Encourage the birds as well 🙂
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We have both. We live in a forest so we have our share of wildlife. Just yesterday a dragonfly got inside our screen porch and I had to get it out. I love dragonflies so much. They are so pretty and come in all colors. This particular one was a lovely green.
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I love Dragonflies too 🙂 They are the fastest flying insect. They also hold a lot of symbolism if you are into that 🙂
http://www.dragonfly-site.com/meaning-symbolize.html
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I do love the meanings of things. I believe in spirit animals and think the dragonfly is mine. But who really knows. I didn’t know they were the fastest flying. That’s pretty cool.
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way cool. 🙂
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Thank you. 🙂
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😀 you are welcome
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Thanks for posting this- good info! We have a serious Argentine ant problem here in San Francisco.
Being an organic gardener & a beekeeper, it’s often difficult to find natural solutions for pest problems that won’t harm or repel my bees. I’ve used a dilution of peppermint & pennyroyal in water around some of the plants the ants are trying to overtake. So far so good!
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good luck, let me know how it turns out. I am the same I have a mighty Argentine ant problem as well. Here in the Winter they seek higher ground and have now infested my scanner/printer 😦
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They infest everything here, indoors & outdoors. I’ve used a combo of the pennyroyal-peppermint dilution AND a castille soap spray in our tomato planter & a few succulent containers, and it seems to be working.
Besides that, my partner likes to flood them out with the hose, & then take the blow torch to them. 😀
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Happy days getting rid of ants 🙂 I have had some success with a lemon juice and vinegar, as well as talc powder
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Cool, I will try those methods in other areas & see how they work. I have no sympathy for the ant. 😉
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agreed 😉
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Reblogged this on Our Little Garden at 8505.
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Thank you for these 2 great lists! Much appreciated too!
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my pleasure Sophie 🙂
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