Mosquitoes are seriously irritating. Not only do they make a horrible noise when they whizz past your ear, but their bites seriously itch and can leave unsightly marks on your skin.
But, with the weather warm at the moment, if you’re lucky enough to have a garden space you’ll want to spend as much time outside as possible.
It can feel almost impossible, however, with these critters around. So how can you banish them from your garden?
Sheila Reviews took to TikTok to share a simple and cheap method for getting rid of mosquitoes.
“We’re gonna take four cups of water and two teaspoons of cinnamon. Make sure the water is warm, and we’re gonna mix the water and cinnamon,” Sheila explained.
She said you then need to let it sit and brew, like you would with a tea. Then, you come back and “strain it” into a spray bottle, “give it a shake, then add half a teaspoon of rubbing alcohol and half a teaspoon of dish detergent”.
Once you’ve done that, you can “go ahead and shake that up”.
You can then add the spray bottle top to where the liquid is, and “just go around spraying”. Sheila urged viewers to pay particular attention to spraying surfaces – adding that the mixture should “keep the mosquitoes away”.
In the comments, others shared their methods of banishing the pests. One wrote: “I’ve heard vanilla extract works to keep certain bugs away. It’s worth looking into.”
Someone else recommended using mint instead of cinnamon, as it was a better “all-rounder” for pests. Others thanked Sheila for her expert advice.
