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>>> WELCOME BACK. PROTECT YOURSELF FROM PESKY
MOSQUITOES BY SURROUNDING
YOURSELF WITH LUSCIOUS PLANTS.
DANNY WATSON HAS TIPS TO HELP
SWAT THOSE BITING BUGS.
DANNY, I AM SO HAPPY TO BE WITH
YOU.
YOU.
YOU. I
YOU. I WAS ALL SET UP OUTSIDE AND
THEN IT STARTED RAINING.
BUT I BROUGHT THE BEAUTIFUL
GREENERY INDOORS.
GREENERY INDOORS. TODAY WE ARE TALKING ABOUT
KEEPING MOSQUITOES AT BAY.
LET'S DIVE INTO OUR FIRST
PLANT.
PLANT.
PLANT. >>
PLANT. >> LIKE YOU SAID, SUMMERTIME IS
HERE.
HERE.
HERE. IF
HERE. IF YOU ARE LIKE ME I LIKE
COCKTAILS OUTSIDE, DINNER
OUTSIDE.
OUTSIDE.
OUTSIDE. MOSQUITOES CAN WRECK YOUR
EVENING.
EVENING.
EVENING. HERE ARE NATURAL WAYS TO HELP
KEEP THOSE MOSQUITOES AWAY.
THE FIRST PLANT IS A SCENTED
GERANIUM.
GERANIUM.
GERANIUM. IN A GARDEN CENTER IT IS
PROBABLY LISTED A AS A
CITRONELLA.
CITRONELLA. YOU HAVE TO BREAK THE LEAF.
IT WILL HAVE THAT LEMON SMELL.
YOU CAN RUB THAT ON YOU.
SOMETIMES I WILL TAKE SOME OF
THESE, TAKE SCISSORS, CUT THEM,
LAY THEM ON A PLATE AND PUT
THEM ON A TABLE.
IT GIVES THE SMELL AND HELPS
KEEP THE MOSQUITOES AWAY.
>> HOW DO WE CARE FOR THIS?
>> PLANT THIS IN FULL SUN.
KEEP IT IN A CONTAINER BECAUSE
OBVIOUSLY IT WILL FREEZE DURING
THE WINTER.
THE WINTER. YOU CAN BRING IT INSIDE IF YOU
WANT TO OR GET A NEW ONE THE
NEXT YEAR.
NEXT YEAR. WATER IT SEVERAL TIMES A WEEK
SO IT DOESN'T DRY OUT.
EASY CARE.
EASY CARE. NEXT IS LEMON GRASS.
THIS IS THE SAME VARIETY THAT
CULINARY FOLKS WOULD USE TO
COOK.
COOK.
COOK. IT
COOK. IT HAS THE GREAT LEMONY SMELL.
LIKE THE LAST PLANT THE SECRET
IS IN THE LEAF.
WHEN YOU BREAK THE BLADES YOU
GET THE GREAT LEMON SMELL.
THAT DOES RELEVANT TRICK.
THIS HAS CITRONELLA OIL.
IT'S THE SAME YOU WILL FIND IN
THE CANDLES, THE TIKI TORCHES.
THAT WILL DO THE TRICK.
THIS IS PRETTY AND NICE TO PUT
IN A CONTAINER.
YOU CAN PUT COLOR AROUND IT, IT
WILL BE A NICE CENTER PIECE IN
A MIXED CONTAINER.
THEN YOU HAVE THE EFFECT OF
KEEPING THE MOSQUITOES AWAY.
>> AS FAR AS HAVING THAT
PERFECT NIGHT, ARE WE BREAKING
LEAVES ON THIS ONE?
>> BREAK THE LEAVES.
THAT'S REALLY THE TRICK.
A LOT OF FOLKS DON'T REALIZE
IT.
IT.
IT. IF
IT. IF YOU DON'T BREAK THE LEAVES,
YOU DON'T GET THAT EFFECT, THAT
LEMONY SMELL AND THAT
CITRONELLA OIL THAT DOES THE
TRICK.
TRICK.
TRICK. I
TRICK. I HAVE ONE MORE.
>> OKAY.
>> OKAY.
>> OKAY. >> ALL TYPES OF MINT WILL WORK.
BUT PEPPERMINT IS PROVEN TO BE
MOST EFFECTIVE.
MOST EFFECTIVE. WHEN YOU BREAK THE LEAF, YOU
GET THE PEPPERMINT OIL AND THAT
DOES THE TRICK.
IF YOU WILL BE OUTSIDE WORKING
IN THE YARD, RUB IT ON YOUR
SKIN.
SKIN.
SKIN. ISN'T THAT GREAT?
IT HAS A FANTASTIC FLAVOR.
I LOVE MINT.
I HAVE A TON AT MY HOUSE.
HERE IS A TRICK.
I WILL TAKE BIG STALKS OF IT,
CUT A BIG VASE FULL AND
WHATEVER IS IN BLOOM I ADD IT
TO IT AND DO AN ARRANGEMENT.
I DID ONE.
I HAVE SOME ROSES IN BLOOM.
ALL THE FILLER IS MINT.
I CUT JUST THE TIPS OF THE
LEAVES SO IT RADIATES THE
SMELL.
SMELL.
SMELL. PUT IT ON THE TABLE.
IT LOOKS GREAT AND KEEPS THE
MOSQUITOES AWAY.
MOSQUITOES AWAY. >> I HAD NO IDEA.
I HAVE A LAST QUESTION.
CAT NIP.
CAT NIP.
CAT NIP. HAVE YOU HEARD OF THAT?
>> CAT NIP, LEMON BALM WHEN I
THINK YOU HAVE, BASIL,
MARIGOLDS, ALL WORK AS A
NATURAL REPELLENT.
NATURAL REPELLENT. I CHOSE THESE BECAUSE THEY'RE
EASY TO GROW BUT THERE ARE MANY
PLANTS THAT HELP REPEL INSECTS.
>> THE NICE THING IS IT IS
ADDING BEAUTY TO THE OUTDOORS
AND KEEPING THE PESTS AWAY.
I LOVE CHATTING WITH YOU.
THANK YOU SO MUCH