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These are recipes that let you use natural peppermint leaves, citrus leaves, garlic and a few other simple and natural ingredients to make an insecticide that is safe for your pets and children. Also featured is a recipe that uses essential oils to fight infestations.

What you need:

• ½ cup each bay and peppermint leaves
• 1 ½ teaspoons each citrus peels
• garlic powder
• diatomaceous earth
• cayenne pepper
• pyrethrum
• salt.

What you do:

1. Grind the ingredients into a powder in a blender or with a mortar and pestle.
2. Dust along baseboards, the back of counters, and other areas of infestation.
3. Do not rinse.
   
   Makes 1 cup
   Preparation time:
   About 20 minutes
   Shelf Life:
   Indefinite, although the herbs will lose their potency.
   Storage:
   Glass jar with a screw top

All-Purpose Pennyroyal and Eucalyptus Spray

What you need:

• 1 teaspoon each essential oils of pennyroyal and eucalyptus
• 2 cups of water

What you need:

1. Combine the ingredients in a spray bottle.
2. Shake to blend.
3. Spray along baseboards, the backs of counters, and other areas of infestation.
4. Don't rinse.
   
   Makes 2 cups
   
   Preparation time:
   A few minutes
   Shelf life:
   Indefinite
   Storage:
   Glass jar with a screw top

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