HERB - Herbal Pest Repellants

[Carl and/or Anne Adamczyk]

On Tue, 05 May 1998 13:39:56 EDT kathe1 at juno.com (Kathleen Everitt)
writes:
>>	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

The daisies are called "painted daisies" or pyrethrum daisies.  
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