Homemade air freshener

To make these little beauties, you first need a heat-proof jars (I found mine for $0.99 each at Michael’s), food coloring colors of your choice, and essential oil.  You can find inexpensive essential oils of various scents at craft stores like Michael’s and Hobby Lobby.  I chose a raspberry vanilla scented oil…it smells delightful!

delightful country cookin: homemade air freshener.

5 Herbs That Repel Flies

With warm weather in the air, we are all looking forward to grilling out, swimming pools, sun bathing, and just generally spending time outdoors. We’ve waited all winter for spring to get here. But those first few really warm days always greet us with an unpleasant, little problem.

Bugs! The warm weather brings out the bathing suits and suntan lotion, but it also brings out the pests! Mosquitos, ants, yellow jackets, and the grossest of all: flies! Flies are everywhere in the summer. Nothing ruins a good picnic quicker than flies covering the hotdogs! Most people will turn to harsh, chemical solutions this summer to try and solve this most annoying problem.

5 Herbs That Repel Flies.