Garlic Solution
By eileenleyva
@eileenleyva (27562)
Philippines
January 13, 2019 10:51pm CST
Since growing garlic is included in my yard project, my daughter told me that one very pertinent use for the bulb is - it is a mosquito repellent.
So, I did put a few bowls on specific spots in the garden where I usually sit, and in the backyard where trees have grown.
Whoaa. The blood-sucking insects have diminished. Yay. Yay.
Oh, bloodsuckers! No wonder vamps resent garlic.
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@eileenleyva (27562)
• Philippines
14 Jan 19
I advised an old friend on the matter. She spilled her garlic and whooa, the whole house was filled with that odor that suffocates you. 
But she has no mosquito any more.
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@UmiNoor (4483)
• Malaysia
15 Jan 19
@eileenleyva One sacrifice for a comfortable existence.
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@simplfred (20641)
• Philippines
14 Jan 19
First time to know that. I hope I can sleep at night without the use of fan if I try it.
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@eileenleyva (27562)
• Philippines
14 Jan 19
True. Put the solution in a corner, so you wouldn't have to smell the odor.
Sweet slumber to you.
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@eileenleyva (27562)
• Philippines
14 Jan 19
@simplfred Oh, you must be anti-vamps.too. Joke. Just teasing. My old neighbor has a garland of garlic, and she said that is to keep the vampires away.
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@simplfred (20641)
• Philippines
14 Jan 19
@eileenleyva Will try this on weekend. We have a lot of garlic at home.
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@KrauseHome (36448)
• United States
15 Jan 19
Interesting... I am sure more would Love to know this. We don't really have them here, but I will remember that for when I am in areas where there are some
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@eileenleyva (27562)
• Philippines
14 Jan 19
Fertilize the soil for two weeks. Till and plant cloves. A little water every morning. And talk to the plant.
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@eileenleyva (27562)
• Philippines
14 Jan 19
I grow garlic in small pots placed right in front of my kitchen sink. The stalks grow inches every day and I cut a few bits for my steamed rice.
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@ilocosboy (45157)
• Philippines
14 Jan 19
Now that give me more reason to plant garlic in my vegetable. Found the solution to the mosquito problem.
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@eileenleyva (27562)
• Philippines
14 Jan 19
Yay. We could teach others, too. Let us not wait for the DOH.
@ilocosboy (45157)
• Philippines
14 Jan 19
I have this vegetable garden and I plant two to three teeth against pests, I should have planted more.
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@eileenleyva (27562)
• Philippines
14 Jan 19
@ilocosboy Never too late to plant more.
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@eileenleyva (27562)
• Philippines
14 Jan 19
Don't mention it. Always glad to be of help/
And it's an advocacy - to share knowledge, that is.
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@amitkokiladitya (171936)
• Agra, India
14 Jan 19
@eileenleyva yep..thanks for the advice
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