Don't Have Bug Spray? Make Some Homemade Bug Repellents!

Pepper Spray: Works great for small pests

• Boil 2 or 3 cups of water.
• Add about ½ to 2/3 cup of chopped hot pepper. Let marinate for a few minutes.
• Run the mixture thru a sieve to remove the peppers.
• Put the liquid in a squirt bottle and use when necessary.
• Be careful not to spray directly on foliage.

Vanilla: Will ward off flying insects

• Dab a little on your wrist, neck and behind your ears.

Bug Off Mist: Body bug repellant

• Mix witch hazel with a few drops of tea tree oil, lavender oil, or peppermint oil in a squirt bottle.
• Lightly mist your body.

Lavender: Works great to repel mosquitoes

• Rub a lavender flower behind your ears, on your wrists and neck.