Re: Mosquito repellant
- Subject: Re: Mosquito repellant
- From: I* H*
- Date: Mon, 01 Jul 2002 13:56:31 -0400
Will nepeta serve? I think that's catnip, am I right?
Isabelle Hayes
Jaa0088@aol.com wrote:
>
> I nearly ripped the pierced earrings out of my earlobes while swatting
> mosquitoes as I was deadheading the Salvia and Veronicas last week, so it was
> with great interest that I read the following in the recent issue of Avant
> Gardener (July 2002, Vol. 34, No. 9):
>
> "Crush fresh catnip leaves and rub them on your skin and you will have a
> mosquito repellant ten times as effective as Deet, reports Iowa State
> University [Ames, IA, 50010)..."
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