The Thrifty/Garden Home: Natural Tansy Insect Repellant

Monday, May 21, 2012

Natural Tansy Insect Repellant

We have wild tansy growing on our property. It is listed as a noxious weed in Idaho, but we don't have much of it so I leave some of it to grow instead of mowing over it. You can use it as a companion plant with cabbage and other garden plants as an insect repellant. I'm going to make a spray to keep cabbage worms at bay. Once used for medicinal purposes such as de-worming, it has toxic properties and should be used with caution for human consumption. However, as a natural insect repellant, I'm going to give it a try.

Homemade Tansy Insect Spray and other uses.

Tansy photo credit here

6 comments:

Dani said...: Cool - will have to see if tansy is available here.. :); 10:13 AM
Jada's Gigi said...: does it work for mosquitoes?; 10:31 AM
Mrs. Mac said...: Jada's Gigi
here's a link on natural homemade mosquito repellants

http://www.ehow.com/facts_7468185_100_-natural-mosquito-repellent.html; 10:46 AM
Sandy Livesay said...: Mrs. Mac, Thanks for the advice on the Tansy. This is one, I'm going to have to keep. I love the butterfly picture.; 1:40 PM
Corner Gardener Sue said...: I've grown tansy before. I don't remember why I don't have it. I do know that a friend gave me some fern leaf tansy, that does not get as large, and I'm thinking does not spread as much. After 3 or 4 winters, it died.

I hope your concoction with it works.

Thanks for your nice comment on my Wildflower Wednesday post.; 8:16 PM
Laurie said...: I grow tansy, but only knew it as an ant repellant. I'm going to have to research it further. Let us know how it works with cabbage worms.; 7:42 PM