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<blockquote data-quote="GoingNorth" data-source="post: 80" data-attributes="member: 1963"><p>Pennyroyal, either the leaves (it is a member of the mint family) if you are lucky enough to live in the EU where it is native, or the oil extract here in the US.</p><p></p><p>Pennyroyal extract mixed with oil of citronella (lemongrass) is as effective a bug repellent as any commercial product I've found. You will smell ghastly, but the stuff keeps off mosquitoes even up here in the skeeter capital of the Americas.</p><p></p><p>Another 'product' that works is 'castoretum' which is the gunk found in the castor glands over a beaver's thigh's. This stuff has to be smelled to be believed but several trappers around here tell me it does work and work really well.</p><p></p><p>Eating garlic and brewers yeast makes one's skin taste and smell bad to bugs, as well.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GoingNorth, post: 80, member: 1963"] Pennyroyal, either the leaves (it is a member of the mint family) if you are lucky enough to live in the EU where it is native, or the oil extract here in the US. Pennyroyal extract mixed with oil of citronella (lemongrass) is as effective a bug repellent as any commercial product I've found. You will smell ghastly, but the stuff keeps off mosquitoes even up here in the skeeter capital of the Americas. Another 'product' that works is 'castoretum' which is the gunk found in the castor glands over a beaver's thigh's. This stuff has to be smelled to be believed but several trappers around here tell me it does work and work really well. Eating garlic and brewers yeast makes one's skin taste and smell bad to bugs, as well. [/QUOTE]
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