Heal Your Insect Bites with Dog Fennel!

Audra shows us how to take the swelling and sting out of an insect bite by using something you can find in your backyard, dog fennel. Other tips include keeping the flies away, removing pet hair and getting the garlic smell off you hands.

Tips that keep the flies away, takes the sting out of an insect bite, picks up after your pet and rids the garlic from your hands.  Audra earned this from growing up in the country. Using dog fennel to heal an insect bite.  You very easily dismiss it as a weed but it is healing to the skin and especially handy for ant bites and any insect stings.   It’s in the oils.  Simply tear off the leaves, rub in your hand and apply to the spot.  Audra showed a before and after photos. Also, mosquitos don’t like the smell either so if you can take the strong smell, rub it on before going outdoors.

Get the dog hair off your carpet with a squeegee.  Slide it over the carpet in sections and all that pet hair, dust and dirt is pulled to the surface.

Repell those pesky flies by mixing up a 50/50 mixture of pinesol and water then spray it on your outside doors, decks or countertops.  Let it sit for a bit for maximum power.

Get the garlic smell out of your hands by rubbing them over your stainless steel sink.  When you touch stainless steel the molecules in the steel bind with the sulfur on your hands, thus transferring them to the metal and off your fingers. Let cold water run while you rub the stainless steel for 10 seconds.