{"id":18870,"date":"2016-04-07T06:00:20","date_gmt":"2016-04-07T06:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/naturemoms.com\/blog\/?p=18870"},"modified":"2018-04-01T16:23:32","modified_gmt":"2018-04-01T16:23:32","slug":"pest-control-essential-oils","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/naturemoms.com\/blog\/2016\/04\/07\/pest-control-essential-oils\/","title":{"rendered":"Pest Control With Essential Oils"},"content":{"rendered":"

I am a reformed bug\/insect hater. I grew up hating any kind of bug, insect, spider, flying pest, etc. Then I grew up and started gardening. I learned to love certain bugs and even spiders who kill the bad bugs. When I moved in a rental home some six years ago there were no bugs in the yard whatsoever (except earwigs and ants). I am happy to say that by the time I moved it was bug city! To me it meant the land was thriving if all the bugs wanted to come and hang in my garden. Heck I was (and still am) eyeballing a bug and insect hotel<\/a>. We hope to have bees and soldier flies\u00a0soon. Bring me all the bugs!!!<\/p>\n

That said, there are certain bugs that are just pests and I want to deter them if possible, like the ones that eat my garden (aphids, snails) eat me (mosquitoes), \u00a0or the ones that just “bug” the crap out of me (gnats, flies). Here is a handy dandy list of essential oils<\/a> you can use to get control the population of\u00a0pests like the above and also slugs, moths, ants, beetles, caterpillars, fleas, ticks, and weevils. Hope it helps!<\/p>\n

How to Disperse:<\/p>\n