DIY Household & Garden Plants
Spring is just around the corner, and we are ready to fill our window sills and gardens with new greenery for the season! Whether you are planting vegetables, flowers, herbs, or freshening your space with houseplants, these simple essential oil-infused DIYs will be your new best friends.
DIY Pest Spray
- 16 oz glass spray bottle
- 8 oz distilled water
- 8 oz alcohol-free witch hazel
- 20 drops Peppermint
- 20 drops Eucalyptus
- 15 drops Hyssop
- 15 drops Pine
Spray directly onto plants and soil as desired or needed. You can also spray a sponge with this solution and clean the plant leaves.
To deter mice, squirrels, etc place a few drops undiluted peppermint oil on a cotton ball and place it near your plants or on the perimeter of your garden.
DIY Mildew Spray
- 16 oz glass spray bottle
- 8 oz distilled water
- 8 oz alcohol-free witch hazel
- 20 drops Tea Tree
- 10 drops Lavender
- 10 drops Thieves
Spray directly onto plants and soil. Plant leaves can be sensitive to this b lend, so don't over apply and avoid spraying in direct sunlight.
If you need to apply to the leaves, spray onto a damp cloth and gently wipe the leaves as needed.
Customized sprays (depending on need)
For each recipe, mix 16 oz distilled water or 50/50 water/witch hazel and a total of up to 50 drops of essential oil.
Ants - Peppermint
Aphids - Peppermint, Sandalwood, Grand Fir
Beetles - Peppermint, Thyme
Caterpillars - Peppermint
Chiggers - Lavender, Lemongrass, Thyme
Cutworms - Thyme
Fleas - Lavender, Lemongrass, Peppermint, Pine
Flies - Basil, Clove, Eucalyptus, Rosemary, Thyme
Gnats - Peppermint, Lavender, Patchouli
Mosquitos - Lavender, Lemongrass, Geranium
Moths - Lavender, Peppermint
Plant Lice - Peppermint, Tea Tree, Thieves
Slugs - Grand Fir, Lavender, Pine
Snails - Patchouli, Grand Fir, Peppermint, Pine
Spiders - Peppermint
Weevils - Patchouli, Sandalwood, Cedarwood
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Your Oily Girlfriend
Jennifer
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