Combat summer bugs that infiltrate our garden with the use of essential oils!

  Gardening Tips and Tricks Ants – peppermint Bettes – peppermint, thyme Chiggers – geranium, lemongrass, thyme Cutworm – thyme Flies – clove, geranium, peppermint, rosemary Mosquitoes – geranium, lemongrass Moths – peppermint, geranium Slugs – cedarwood Spiders – peppermint Ticks – Geranium, thyme, lemongrass Weevil – cedarwood
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Citrus Rinds

  If you finely chop citrus rinds and sprinkle them on the mulch in your garden, they keep neighborhood cats, dogs and other critters away from your veggies. I guess animals don’t like the smell of the orange oil. I’ve been using this method in the front garden and it’s working.
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