{"id":5187,"date":"2024-03-14T00:33:11","date_gmt":"2024-03-14T00:33:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nanasadvice.com\/?p=5187"},"modified":"2024-03-14T00:33:12","modified_gmt":"2024-03-14T00:33:12","slug":"the-ancient-remedy-to-scare-away-mosquitoes-and-flies-thats-what-my-grandmother-used-to-do","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nanasadvice.com\/?p=5187","title":{"rendered":"The ancient remedy to scare away mosquitoes and flies: that&#8217;s what my grandmother used to do"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The ancient remedy to scare away mosquitoes and flies: that&#8217;s what my grandmother used to do<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The ancient remedy to scare away mosquitoes and flies: that&#8217;s what my grandmother used to do<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With the arrival of warmer temperatures, it is easy&nbsp;<strong>&nbsp;to find mosquitoes or other types of insects in the house<\/strong>&nbsp;.&nbsp;In particular, humidity contributes to the proliferation of insects and it is necessary to adopt some remedies to keep them away.&nbsp;There are many&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>effective solutions to keep mosquitoes away from<\/strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;your home.&nbsp;Here is a foolproof trick.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The ancient remedy to scare away mosquitoes and flies: that&#8217;s what my grandmother used to do<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The most effective method to scare away mosquitoes and flies<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>There are a number of products on the market that can help you keep flies, mosquitoes, and other insects away from your home.&nbsp;For example,&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>incense, sprays, diffusers or candles,<\/strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;which partially repel these small and annoying animals.&nbsp;However, there is a foolproof remedy that is very easy to prepare at home.&nbsp;It is a true&nbsp;<strong>&nbsp;natural lemon-based repellent<\/strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;that you can prepare with your own hands to permanently scare away mosquitoes.&nbsp;My grandmother used to do that all the time!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To prepare it, you will need the following ingredients:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>2 lemons<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>lemon essential oil<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>dried lavender, about 1 tablespoon<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>1\/2 liter of water<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Spray container<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Once you have all the ingredients, you can start preparing your&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>own natural repellent.&nbsp;<\/strong>&nbsp;First, you&#8217;ll want to slice a lemon and put it in a glass jar along with the&nbsp;<strong>&nbsp;lemon<\/strong>&nbsp;juice .&nbsp;Proceed to the second step,&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>slowly add the water and mix well.&nbsp;<\/strong>&nbsp;At this point, you can add about 20 drops of&nbsp;<strong>&nbsp;essential oil to the lemon<\/strong>&nbsp;, always stirring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Add the&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>dried lavender<\/strong>&nbsp;, let the mixture rest for a few hours and finally strain it into a&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>container with a spray bottle<\/strong>&nbsp;.&nbsp;Before using the magic mixture, we recommend that you shake the bottle well, so that the different ingredients mix well with each other.&nbsp;<strong>You can spray this solution throughout your house, on the<\/strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;terrace or on the ground in your garden.&nbsp;Since it is an all-natural compound, you can also spray it on your skin, protecting yourself from mosquito bites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thanks to this solution&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>you will be able to scare away not only mosquitoes, but also flies<\/strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;and your entire house will have a fresh and pleasant aroma.&nbsp;If the lemon mixture alone is not enough to keep mosquitoes away, you can place it near an aromatic plant, this way the insects will surely stay away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Here is another effective remedy<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>As an alternative to the lemon mixture, you can also opt for another method.&nbsp;We suggest&nbsp;<strong>&nbsp;combining lemon with cloves<\/strong>&nbsp;.&nbsp;Thanks to these two ingredients, you can create a perfect natural mosquito repellent.&nbsp;All you have to&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>do is cut a lemon in half and insert the cloves into the pulp<\/strong>&nbsp;.&nbsp;You can place lemon in any area of \u200b\u200bthe house, even next to your bed while you sleep.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The ancient remedy to scare away mosquitoes and flies: that&#8217;s what my grandmother used to do The ancient remedy to scare away mosquitoes and flies: that&#8217;s what my grandmother used to do With the arrival of warmer temperatures, it is easy&nbsp;&nbsp;to find mosquitoes or other types of insects in the house&nbsp;.&nbsp;In particular, humidity contributes 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