Lake Sinclair living and mosquitoes

Good morning Tammy. Certainly an important topic right now for sure. Was not aware of all the different plants that are mosquito repellent.

I'm going to bookmark this - I didn't realize plants could be used as repellents and when it's a plant that produces an herb I use, that serves two purposes!

Thank you for the information. I will share this with others. Timely post.

The news has been frightening. You know it's going to get here eventually. Mosquitos in general are threatening, nevermind this new virus.  I'm a very health conscious person in general and avoid chemicals but when it comes to mosquitos and ticks I'm all for chemical control. My husband sprays every 2 weeks and we rarely see any all season.

I will be saving your lists and trying the plant prevention this year...maybe cut down on the spraying!

Mosquitoes caused havoc in Hawaii, too. Dreadful things. Dengue fever. And the WHO declared Zika a worldwide health emergency, and since it's all over Cuba my sister is freaking out thinking I'll drop dead.  Because the EPA is on record stating DEET is not a health hazard to people or children, I think I'll still trust an insecticide over rosemary or cinnamon oil. To each her own.

When you make your repellent also add catnip oil or some infusion of it. It really works great as you mentioned in your post. 

I'm like you and mosquitoes love me. 

Thank you for sharing the list of repellant plants.  Great tips!

Tammy- I don't like to use chemicals so I'm looking into some of these plants and checking out the links.  We usually have a basil plant around but may add some others. 

Tammy, thanks for the tips and links on mosquito repellants. I like growing rosemary and other herbs to keep them away.

Tammy Lankford - I really appreciate all the great information you provided. These mosquito's are getting more and more dangerous every year. Every year we're learning about a new one too. Plus they are dangerous to pets too!

But let's not worry about opening up our borders or exposing our kids to diseases from kids who were never vaccinated, or pregnant moms to be, or the West Niles Virus that has killed so many here in Dallas.... 

Tammy, great post and we do all need to be aware of mosquitos and how to keep them away.  The Zika virus sounds deadly. 

I love the idea of planting something that will naturally repel mosquitoes.

Hello Tammy ... what a great post with some great information!

I was born and raised the first 20 years of my life in the Midwest and a state that has over 10,000 lakes. In these first 20 years I would have to say that I have been stung by hundreds of thousands of mosquito's and still around to write this comment.

That being said really where did this Zika Virus come from? Is it possible that some mosquito's, birds or some other creature brought this Zika Virus from another country.

There are over One Million Lakes in Alaska and I am not worried about getting the Zika Virus up here.

But I really do like your write and all the natural mosquito repellents you have on your post, because I don't spray any of the store bought poisons on my skin.

I am not going along with flies and mosquitoes. They seems can not have enough of my blood.....Glad, we have very few them in here.

                  Thank you Tammy Lankford for my ah-ha moment. 

Good morning Tammy. Inever knew there were anti mosquito plants. Thank you.

Excellent post and some sage advice.....never knew about these plants and mosquitoes.

I love this post!  I can see why Kathy included it this week in her summary!

These are great tips, Tammy. Lots of talk about the Zika virus and it seems to be spreading. Virus or not, no one wants mosquitoes around and this list will help. I especially like the plants that you can use in cooking, like basil

Jeff