Hello once again web folk the last time I posted for the herbal blog I was sharing a few of the herbal sleep remedies I use to help me get a good nights sleep occasionally. I am happy to report that since that last posting I have not had to use any herbs to help me with my sleeping habits because it seems that my new fitness and eating habits have worked out any issues I was having with getting a good nights sleep.
Anyway I wanted to write about a fly and mosquito problem that we seem to have every year during the spring and summer months. You see we have about a quarter acre sized back yard with a fenced in back yard for the three dogs we have. Well as you can imagine with three dogs doing their business everyday in the back yard that it tends to attract the flies and mosquitoes every year. Every year no matter how much we try we always managed to get invaded by flies coming in the back door. We have tried a whole variety of natural fly and mosquito repellents but nothing has worked as well as pouring some pure lavendar liquid in a bowl and leaving it out on the back porch.
Putting a bowl of lavendar in a bowl out on the back porch is so last year. This year we decided to step up our efforts to keep the flies and mosquitoes out of our yard with the help of our new garden this spring. Yep that’s right we finally got to plant that vegetable garden we have been talking about for so many years now. We decided to include a few select herb plants in the garden not in the interest of eating but for their insect repelling reputations. So I wanted to share with you all the few herbs that we decided on and how they are doing so far.
The obvious first herb plant that my wife and I had to pick for us of course was some English Lavendar which is a perrenial shrub that will grow up to be about 4 feet tall with their blue purple colored flowers. The second herb plant that we decided to go with was also another obvious choice for their mosquito fighting reputation and that is the Citronella plant. You know that oil that is in all those tiki torches and candles that everyone buys for their outdoor events? Yes that comes in a plant form and it will grow to about two feet and it also has a lavendar colored flower to it. OK now the last herb plant that we went with was actually recommended to us not for it’s fly deterring abilities but because they supposedly improve the taste of your garden tomatoes. The Lemon Basil plant will get to be about two feet tall and unlike the other two herbs we planted this will not flower but will help keep away those little white flies that tend to attack tomato plants.
Well those are the three herb plants that we included in our garded that was planted about three weeks ago now so it’s still a little too early to write about the results. Hopefully though the next time I come around to writing a new post for this herbal blog I will have a good story of a fly and mosquito free summer thanks to the herb plants English Lavendar, Citronella and Lemon Basil. Have any of you tried growing some herb plants in your yard to repel flies or mosquitoes? If so what herbs did you try and how would you rate the success of your little experiment? Have your say in the comments section down below.
Kudos to you peruser 
Dave
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