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handmade34

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Reply to kentauros (Reply #7)

Sun Jun 23, 2013, 05:52 PM

Jun 2013

to make my own repellent... it WORKS! base of coconut oil and beeswax with added oils... catnip, geranium, lemon eucalyptus and neem

I wear it in the woods and it is awesome!

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I learned about another way to use catnip! [View all] TexasTowelie Jun 2013 OP

How do you use it? Just grow it? Or do you apply it somehow? n/t csziggy Jun 2013 #1

I'll take pot-pourri for 420! TexasTowelie Jun 2013 #2

LOL! I was hoping I could plant it near the screened porch as a barrier csziggy Jun 2013 #3

Actually, if you plant the catnip it will act as a repellent for mosquitos. TexasTowelie Jun 2013 #4

Does catnip have a sweet odor? csziggy Jun 2013 #5

The dried stuff my kitteh uses has more of a musty overtone to it. TexasTowelie Jun 2013 #6

Catnip oil kentauros Jun 2013 #7

Cool! Wish I still had my essential oil extractor csziggy Jun 2013 #8

used this info handmade34 Jun 2013 #12

Catnip is a member of the mint family; like other mint plants, The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2013 #9

MFM says, "NOW you tell me!" pinboy3niner Jun 2013 #10

! TexasTowelie Jun 2013 #11