Re: Re: MOSQUITOES


Not w/ my oily skin.  It's all I can do to keep my glasses from sliding off as it is!!

Pam Evans
Kemp, TX
zone 8A
----- Original Message -----
From: Zemuly@aol.com
Sent: 7/11/2004 3:39:25 PM
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Subject: Re: [CHAT] MOSQUITOES

> In a message dated 7/11/2004 3:19:59 PM Central Standard Time, 
> kmrsy@comcast.net writes:
> now we just need the recipe
> A decoction of pennyroyal can be made by boiling 1 part plant with 20 parts 
> water in a covered non-metal container for about 15 minutes.  Other recipes I 
> have use oil of pennyroyal, but I have never tried to extract the oil.  Anyway, 
> just cool the solution and pour into a spray bottle.  On a lighter note, one 
> of my older herbals suggests diluting oil of pennyroyal with lard or grease 
> and rubbing it on; however, I would not advise doing that. <LOL>
> 
> zem
> 
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