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How To Naturally Repel Mosquitos From Your Yard

How To Naturally Repel Mosquitos In Your Garden

 

Would you like to repel mosquitos in your garden naturally? Mosquitoes and the south go together like sweet tea and summer. There is just no way around it, these pesky insects (bless their little hearts) love it as much as we do.

 

Alas over the summer months, I am a walking blood donation center (especially with 2 ponds in the yard) while I am working in the garden or enjoying dinner on the patio. But did you know you can naturally repel them with certain plants? It’s like bug spray for your garden!

 

Plants To Naturally Repel Mosquitos

 

Let’s head to the greenhouse and start some seeds or to our favorite garden center and look for starts for there is hope for us yet!

Here are some pesky mosquito-repelling plants

  • Rosemary
  • Marigold
  • Horse mint
  • Floss flower
  • Garlic
  • Lemon Balm
  • Ageratum
  • Citronella
  • Lemon Grass
  • Penny Royal
  • Catnip

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  • Basil
  • Lemon Tyme
  • Mexican Marigold
  • Fever Few
  • Lavender
  • Bee Balm
  • Cat Mint
  • Eucalyptus
  • Pyrethrum
  • Nodding Onion
  • Pineapple Weed
  • Pitchers Plant
  • Snow brush
  • Peppermint

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