OT Re: [Sca-cooks] Period gardening

[Elaine Koogler]

I guess it might depend on where you live.  I've never seen it growing here in
southern Maryland.....

Kiri

Glenda Robinson wrote:

> Eucalyptus not easily grown? Ha! Got em growing wild right in my backyard!
> :-) We also have an amazing amount of mozzies swarming around (WAY too
> many). The oil is sometimes a basis of some natural repellants made in
> Australia, but more often they use citronella and ti-tree oils. Ti tree (or
> tea tree, melaleuca) oil is one of those amazing natural substances that
> seems to cure fairly much everything.
>
> Glenda.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Elaine Koogler" <ekoogler at chesapeake.net>
> To: <sca-cooks at ansteorra.org>
> Sent: Friday, 11 May 2001 11:55
> Subject: Re: OT Re: [Sca-cooks] Period gardening
>
> > I know I'm chiming in rather late here...I'm not an herb expert, but was
> > told several years ago by one who does know herbs rather well that
> > pennyroyal, which grows very easily, also is a good mosquito repellant,
> > as is eucalyptus (not easily grown, but easily found wherever dried
> > flowers are sold).  We usually hang a bunch of one or the other (or
> > both) in our pavillion at Pennsic...and it seems to work pretty well!
> >
> > Kiri
> >
> > MtLion wrote:
> >
> > > Borage is a skeeter repellent.
> > >
> > > Purple Martin Birds (although not period nor European, but natural)
> > >
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