Ants, and most insects, cannot stand the smell of mint. I found a recipe for using tea to clean wood floors in my 1950 household craft book (the tannic acid in tea creates a beautiful shine and color for hardwood floors.) So I combined the two to make a wood floor cleaner that repels insects.
Here’s the recipe:
- Steep 6 peppermint tea bags into a quart of water.
- Add one-quarter cup of white vinegar.
- Add 10 drops of tea tree oil as a disinfectant.
- Store in a spray bottle, and spritz your mop and clean.
This mixture, because of the vinegar and the essential oils, will keep for a long time, under your sink.
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Truly? This works? Because in addition to bats, we have more than our fair share of ants around the cottage. It’s worth a try…
Amazingly, it does. And just to be safe, I mixed up a batch of the essential oil airfreshner with peppermint oil and doused all the beds before we left. The smell is strong, and should linger for awhile. Check out the recipe here: http://www.susiej.com/index.php/make-your-own-air-freshners/