HERB - Herbal Pest Repellants

[Kathleen Everitt]

>	How about discussing herbal pest and rodent deterrants?  
>Garlic planted with roses, marigolds, I recall someone posting that 
>they were growing pennyroyal and thyme (? the first I 've heard of 
>using thyme)  to strew around their pavillion at war, that sort of 
>thing.  I tried growing southernwood for a while, and made cheesecloth 
>packets with lavender flowers, southernwood sprigs, and something else 
>I can't remember now, and put them in between my wool fabric.  I have 
>tried using pennyroyal baths on my dogs to treat for fleas, but I 
>haven't had much success with that (or with chemicals, for that 
>matter).  
>What else has worked for folks?
>	
>Mistress Christianna MacGrain, OP, Meridies

We have some Daisies, I forget what they're called, but they get
Pyrethrum (sp?) from them. I haven't tried using them on the dog for
fleas yet, but they keep the part of the garden they're in very bug-free.

Julleran

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