It feels like we’ve been waiting for this warmer season for months.
Finally, garden centers are bursting at the seams with all kinds of plants, the yard is a beautiful shade of green, we still have lilacs to sniff and enjoy, and our garden is tilled, planted and tiny plants are starting to pop out of the ground. It’s a beautiful thing. Life is good!
This spring I decided to try something different in the garden. I use essential oils in our home, camper, on my animals…. This year I’m expanding essential oil use to the garden. Oils on the plants, the ground around the plants, and the perimeter of the garden.
My first oil I’m using, is peppermint. Certain critters do not like peppermint. Spiders, mice, ants and aphids aren’t fond of it. I’m sure there’s more. In fact, usually by now the little ground squirrels have helped themselves to our sweet corn. Currently, they have not feasted in our garden. I’ve sprayed around the garden twice and it’s been planted for about two weeks. I will continue to spray a couple times a week. I'm counting this a win with peppermint. What do you think? Will this be enough to keep the little buggers away? Our cats have thinned them out, but in the past, they still found a way to eat up our planted seeds.
How do you protect your garden from unwelcomed visitors?
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