Ichigo-Ichie

I'm a Japanese woman living in Nara. This blog tells you how to be a "YAMATONADESHIKO". "Yamatonadeshiko" means an ideal Japanese lady who is intelligent, sophisticated and thoughtful. I learn Sado-Japanese traditional tea celemony and Ikebana-Japanese traditional flower arrangement. I introduce about Japan through my experiences. So you can get to know more about Japanese culture such as Sado,Ikebana, customs and seasonal events, especially the ones in Nara.

Friday, April 18, 2008

Hand Made Insect Repellent

My husband and I live in condo, and we have pest control once in 3months. It's for all buildings of this condo that they do.
While they spray outside(garden area, entrance and so on) we have to close all window, and then they spray inside each room. If we don't want pest control for our room, we can refuse.
My first time that we got pest control was in this past January. I don't like bugs, especially cockroach, so of course we got. But it looked didn't work because I found many ants and small fruit flies on that day. Above that, we got sick feeling by pest control spray. It was awful.
That's why we decide to not have pest control for our room any more.
Tomorrow, we have pest control day. So I made natural insect repellent spray with aroma oil. For insect repellent, eucalyptus and mint is good.
I cleaned our home very well and I am going to spray this hand made natural insect repellent all around in our home.
Eucalyptus is also good for asthma. So this spray is like "got 2birds with 1 rock". And also it is very good for environment because nothing chemical inside.