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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 49143" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>Although I'm very interested in herbal remedies, I've lost faith in those remedies that say that certain things will keep various pests away. We put bay leaves in the pantry to ward off weevils, but gave up when we found weevils all through a tin of cayenne pepper! And I made a number of clove pomanders (where you stick an orange full of whole cloves then roll the ball in a mixture of cinnamon and orris root) which are supposed to be BRILLIANT at keeping moths out of the closet. The darn moths ATE the pomanders hollow!</p><p></p><p>I've grown basil and tomato together and still had the tomatoes attacked by pests. I've had pots of mint at the back door and still had epidemics of flies and mosquitoes in the house; we have a lady in the village who stinks out the local film night by drenching herself in citronella oil but she STILL gets bitten by mozzies - bitten AND gassed, what a lovely evening - so my current rule of thumb is, "speak softly and carry a big can of fly spray."</p><p></p><p>For bodily ailments I might try herbal treatments, but I don't think the various invertebrate nasties have read the same books about folk remedies.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 49143, member: 1991"] Although I'm very interested in herbal remedies, I've lost faith in those remedies that say that certain things will keep various pests away. We put bay leaves in the pantry to ward off weevils, but gave up when we found weevils all through a tin of cayenne pepper! And I made a number of clove pomanders (where you stick an orange full of whole cloves then roll the ball in a mixture of cinnamon and orris root) which are supposed to be BRILLIANT at keeping moths out of the closet. The darn moths ATE the pomanders hollow! I've grown basil and tomato together and still had the tomatoes attacked by pests. I've had pots of mint at the back door and still had epidemics of flies and mosquitoes in the house; we have a lady in the village who stinks out the local film night by drenching herself in citronella oil but she STILL gets bitten by mozzies - bitten AND gassed, what a lovely evening - so my current rule of thumb is, "speak softly and carry a big can of fly spray." For bodily ailments I might try herbal treatments, but I don't think the various invertebrate nasties have read the same books about folk remedies. Marg [/QUOTE]
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