I has a friend in my gardening group share a recipe she found for home made critter spray. From the ingredients in it, my guess is it should work without to much trouble. I put it together today and am going to start testing it in the garden, but wanted to share it here in case anyone else would like to try it. I am always on the hunt for any type of good organic bug repellents.Please note, I have not tried it yet so I am not sure about it's effectiveness or what it will do. I will keep you posted.
Chop up 1 cup of onions. I used one medium onion and it was just about right. I placed everything in an old large cool whip container. I expect I will keep this just for the mix. I am pretty sure you would not want to put anything else in here once it's mixed up =)
The recipe calls for 5 cloves of garlic, but mine were really big so I used 4. It didn't say if you should peel it or not or chop it so I just smashed it with a meat mallet so the garlic would marinade nicely. =)
Then add 5 tbsp of a hot pepper powder. I wasn't sure what to use since I do not cook really hot items but I found this at Walmart. From the scent of it, my guess is it will work.
Add 2 cups of water,
cover it up and let it sit for 24 hours. Then strain all the garlic, onions and pepper (what will come out) and put in a spray bottle.Mine will be ready in the morning. I have not lifted the lid because I am afraid of how it will smell. Tomorrow will be soon enough.
I expect this liquid is hot so I would keep it away from children, pets and probably most people. Also wash everything really well after you are done using them. I will keep this tub just for garden things.
I will start testing it this week and see how it goes and keep you posted. If anyone tries this let me know how it works for you!
Happy Gardening.
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