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Use Plants To Your Advantage

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Use Plants To Your Advantage

Plants not only give great color and serenity, they can also boost curb appeal and even keep pests in your garden in check.

Plant a few and reap the rewards.  

use plants to your advantage

Here are some plants that can repel pests:

  • Basil repels flies. Place pots in your window sill and in the kitchen or sun porch.
  • Catnip repels mosquitos, but, a work of caution: It will make your yard very popular to neighborhood cats.
  • Artemesia (including wormwood and sagebrush) repels ants, whiteflies and moths and may repel mice.
  • Marigolds repel insects.
  • Garlic repels insects and rabbits.
  • Spearmint repels ants, fleas, moths and rodents.

Plants that attract beneficial insects:

  • Bachelor's Button attracts Ladybugs, lacewings and beneficial wasps.
  • Sweet Alyssum attracts flower lilies
  • Borage attracts lacewings
  • Anise Hyssop attracts butterflies
  • Golden Marguerite attracts ladybugs, lacewings and flower flies
  • Oranmental Grasses attracts Ladybugs and ground beetles

Compliments of Mike Patel  www.Myareahomesforsale.com   714-470-8600  Mike@MikePatel.com bre # 01146880 Call Me And Consider It Done!    

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Tom Arstingstall, General Contractor, Dry Rot, Water Damage Sacramento, El Dorado County - (916) 765-5366
Dry Rot and Water Damage www.tromlerconstruction.com Mobile - 916-765-5366 - Placerville, CA
General Contractor, Dry Rot and Water Damage

Mahesh - Now if you have anything to repel deer, I'm ready!

Aug 21, 2014 08:44 AM
Mahesh Mike Patel
First Team Real Estate - Anaheim Hills, CA
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Repel Deer! they are so pleasant to have around.

Aug 21, 2014 08:47 AM
Fred Griffin Florida Real Estate
Fred Griffin Real Estate - Tallahassee, FL
Licensed Florida Real Estate Broker

Basil!   Last weekend I was outside; the gnats were driving me crazy.  I was spraying "Off" on myself.  My wife's friend was visiting us, she said, "Why don't you just wipe some BASIL on your skin, it will keep the gnats away."

Aug 21, 2014 08:56 AM
Mahesh Mike Patel
First Team Real Estate - Anaheim Hills, CA
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Basil is nice... with pasta...

Aug 21, 2014 09:00 AM
John Pusa
Glendale, CA

Mike - Thank you for the great list of information on use plants to you advantage.

Aug 21, 2014 10:12 AM
Mahesh Mike Patel
First Team Real Estate - Anaheim Hills, CA
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Thanks for reading the post John...

Aug 21, 2014 10:13 AM
Jane Chaulklin-Schott
TEAMCONNECT REALTY - (407) 394-9766 - Orlando, FL
TeamConnect Luxury Homes - Orlando, Florida, 32836

Thank you, Mahesh, on reminding us of the benefits plants offer. Never knew about some on your list. I will forget catnip, though:)

Aug 21, 2014 04:18 PM
Mahesh Mike Patel
First Team Real Estate - Anaheim Hills, CA
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Jane: glad the post helped...

 

Aug 22, 2014 02:01 AM