It really works! I diluted about eight drops of spearmint oil and a drop of Dawn dish soap into half of my spray bottle of water. Voila! No wasps. Last night, no mosquitos!
This was a little Pinterest hint I stumbled upon as I was looking for a natural way to get rid of the few wasps hovering under my deck floor. I have a granddaughter to consider, after all. (Never mind I would have sprayed Raid all over when my children were little?)
After each rain in the past weeks I faithfully sprayed the edges and one spot where they seemed to linger. Within days I had no wasps, so I kept it up. Last night we sat out on the deck for the first time longer than five minutes this summer. No mosquitos. I did keep my spray bottle at hand but didn’t have to use it.
A daily spritz is part of my new routine. There is quite a bit of spearmint oil left. Anyone want to give it a whirl?