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Garlic Insect Repellent
From Stones River Market
<p>This will really keep ticks, mosquitoes, and most other bugs away from you, also keeps away family and friends.</p>Source: Kathy Ferris (Entered by Kathleen and Ken Ferris)
Serves: NA
Ingredients
1/3 cup
olive oil
3 cloves
garlic
Step by Step Instructions
- Pour oil into a wide-mouthed jar.
- Using a garlic press, squeeze garlic into the oil. Include all the pulp.
- Stir, then allow to sit for a while.
- Dip your fingers into the oil and rub it on feet, legs, arms, around waise, wherever ticks like to bite. This works for mosquitoes and other insects too. When you bathe, the odor will be removed.