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Mosquito repellant plant?
Only 21.....just look a little older! LOL
Jonno wrote: Dont tell anyone your age. Are you over twentyfive? Jonno wrote: Sometimes these vegetarian ideals create problems. It appears mossies like sweaty people. Thats why they bite around feet etc. The website I sent you also has a mosquito prevention leaflet/faq which may come in handy. Vegetarians may find their immune system isn't up to date in some circumstances. So many theories, so few solutions, but I'm about to find out if my diagnosis on my old Ford is correct. After eliminating almost everything, I reckon the distributer is sticking. So much for theory from experts. Tomorrow, another "House" is born! To bad it had to come to this. Damn expensive mechanics. The heads been off, the valves have been ground, the carby has been rekitted, the inlet manifold has been eliminated, and now the last item has got to be it or it dies!! At least you haven't got to this stage...... Hope your health will pick up. Maybe you illness hadnt gone completely. HC wrote: Nah!! like meat too much. Not that I'm against vegetarians, it's a free world. Jonno wrote: Youre not a vegetarian are you? HC wrote: G'day Jonno Thanks!! It was African Daisy and funnily enough I have two growing in the front garden....time to take some cuttings for the backyard!! Understand what you are saying about immune systems, but mine is/was out of whack because your body is supposed to build up an immunity to RRV so you don't get it again....but...I got it a second time, 18 months after the first bout. Crazy eh?? Actually Basil rings a bell too. Thanks for your help. Bronwyn ;-) Jonno wrote: You may be thinking of African Daisy,from which pyrethrums are commercially extracted. It grows well in Oz. Dont be concerned re mossie ilnesses. You had the worst of them. I have a theory, that if you get some really bad illnesses the other viruses cannot thrive as your immune system has got the super immune stamp. It can handle anything. A potted sweet basil will also do the trick. Brush your hand over it when passing to bring out the fragrance. I don't know why the flies don't like it, but my plant on the BBQ table keeps the nasties off the food. Tansy will probably do the trick too Tansy is one of those wild herbs that grows like crazy. Don't plant it in the ground, it will take over HC wrote: G'day Some time ago I heard about a plant that will repel mosquitoes but at the moment can't think of the name...can anyone help please? Also, if you know where I might get seed/cuttings/etc that would be most appreciated. I've just done a makeover of the outdoor area at the back of my house (got sick of waiting for Jamie Durie to arrive so had to do it myself) and now I'm spending more time sitting out there and with the recent rain am being harrassed by mossies. I burn citronella candles and oil all day and half the night but as soon as they are extinguished the mossies reappear. As I've just recovered from two separate bouts of Ross River Virus, I'm paranoid about the rotten little things because they still carry lots of other diseases that I haven't had yet, and don't want!!! A new vegie garden was part of the makeover so I'm keeping everything crossed for some beaut tomatoes and other salad vegies during summer. That's if they don't get the dreaded wilt!! Jonno...see you're still here...how are things? Bronwyn ;-) |
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