We are lucky to have a lush backyard at our new place but I hardly let the kids go out there because they come back with mosquito bites larger than a silver dollar. Avinash is in the habit of counting his bug bites to keep track. That is totally something I used to do when I visited India during the summer. Crazy to think he is getting as many bug bites here as I would there in the actual tropics. He does have really smelly feet which bugs love.
I really hate spraying them down with chemicals so I will definitely be trying this, especially since our planters are still empty and it is still not too late to start tomatoes down here! I wonder if all the neighborhood cats will visit if I plant catnip?
This is as far as we ever get. Two kids in a tiny bucket. Also, note all the lovely empty planters behind them!
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we've had lots of rain here & hot, humid weather & the mosquitoes are ruthless. pretty plants and never knew there were plants that repel mosquitoes. will have to look into that.
ReplyDeleteI hate mosquitoes. I am interested to she how your plants are doing at keeping the bugs at bay.
ReplyDeleteI need to do this. I can't step out the front door without getting at least 10 bites. It's awful.
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