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Old 29-06-2009, 01:57 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
David in Normandy[_8_] David in Normandy[_8_] is offline
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Default Herb or plant that repels flies?

Martin wrote:

If there was such a plant instead of growing it and beating ones skin with the
leaves, they would extract or synthesise the active ingredient and call it DEET.

Now about these ticks ...


Deet eh? Worth an enquiry at the pharmacy; though in France it is
possibly called something else.

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