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Climes – Mosquito Repellent

August 3, 2013 By Kelli and Holli 22 Comments

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Climes - Mosquito Repellent

Climes – Mosquito Repellent/Kelli’s Retro Kitchen Arts

Good Saturday morning! This is a very short post but one you may find helpful if you are having any kind of outdoor activity during this last month of summer. I’m sorry, I can’t remember where I saw it but I decided to run a test before I posted about it so I could let you know my results and they were surprising!

First you need some limes and some whole cloves – I call them “climes”.

Climes - Mosquito Repellent

Climes – Mosquito Repellent/Kelli’s Retro Kitchen Arts

Then you just slice the limes in half and stick cloves inside like in the picture up top.

It is supposed to be natural mosquito repellent. I wasn’t really sure if it would work but wanted to try something because it has rained far more this summer than in normal summer in Oklahoma so mosquitoes are just awful! AND we have little Rocket to worry about now. Top Girl and Mr. Picky Eater are plagued by mosquito bites more than any others I know. I don’t tend to have trouble with them nowadays. I found out recently it may be because I take a vitamin B-1 tablet every day. Not to keep the flying pests away but it does seem to be a side effect that is really nice!

So – back to the lime and clove aromatic. I made these 2 weeks ago and put them on the front porch – six halves scattered around a porch that’s about 20 x 20. The highs were in the mid-90’s that week. I put them on the porch Sunday afternoon. When we headed out to the porch for our early evening “sit” we could smell the combination of cloves and lime brought out by the heat. I must say, the scent was lovely! Mr. Picky Eater was my gauge to see if the “climes” were working……and they were! They continued to work well through Wednesday but then dried out and were no good. The reason it may have work for so long is because our porch faces Northwest and none of it has direct sunlight for more than an hour or so a day.

But one week was not enough of a test and I’m so glad I extended it an extra week! The following Sunday and the highs that day and for the following days were only in the 80’s. Hmmm….. the heat really didn’t reach the climes and release the special scents that had driven the mosquitoes away the week before. Mr. Picky eater was spraying himself down with Deet again. I suppose if we had more direct sun on our porch it may have worked better but I guess we won’t know – unless YOU try it and tell us!

To summarize my little science experiment – works well in 90+ F weather but not so well in the 80’s F. So, if you are going to be outside or having a party that kids are attending and it will be at least 90 F sometimes during the day in the area you will be – throw some of these out there. Not only does it seem to keep the mosquitoes away, but it smells wonderful!

CLIMES – MOSQUITO REPELLENT

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  1. quilt32

    August 3, 2013 at 10:05 AM

    I attract mosquitoes the same way Mr. Picky Eater does, so I’ll have to try these. Thanks for the info.
    Lillian

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    • kalamitykelli

      August 3, 2013 at 10:10 AM

      He says it’s because he’s sweeter than me – maybe you are sweet too! πŸ™‚

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  2. dcliner

    August 3, 2013 at 10:23 AM

    Thanks for the tip! I wonder if rubbing the lime juice along your arms and legs would work. Hmmm. . . I’ll have to try it. πŸ™‚

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    • kalamitykelli

      August 3, 2013 at 11:13 AM

      πŸ™‚

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  3. now at home mom

    August 3, 2013 at 12:06 PM

    oh! I like this, I don’t get bit by mosquitos but my mom does all the time, every time she is in her yard or in her front porch! I will let her know about this today (I’m sure she will have me prepare it for her!) ha!ha! hope you are having a great weekend Kelli πŸ˜‰

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    • kalamitykelli

      August 3, 2013 at 1:17 PM

      Thanks Ingrid – it is hotter than you can imagine down here – Bet it’s only “warm” up there!

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  4. Liz

    August 3, 2013 at 12:27 PM

    thanks for doing the research πŸ™‚ Love that you’re calling them “climes.”

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    • kalamitykelli

      August 3, 2013 at 1:17 PM

      Thanks Liz – I’m always trying to find some catchy name for things!

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  5. Food Stories

    August 3, 2013 at 3:26 PM

    What a great foodie trick πŸ™‚

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    • kalamitykelli

      August 3, 2013 at 6:48 PM

      Thanks! I can’t claim the idea was mine but it works mostly!

      Reply
  6. Lanaya | Raising Reagan

    August 4, 2013 at 1:01 PM

    Wow, what a great trick for mosquitos! Thank you.

    Thank you for linking to Raising Imperfection.
    Please come back Friday to see if you were featured. πŸ™‚

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  7. Alicia

    August 4, 2013 at 1:35 PM

    That is so cool! Luckily, we don’t have too many mosquitoes around here… But I know bad they can get!

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    • kalamitykelli

      August 4, 2013 at 3:55 PM

      Lucky Girl!

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  8. Heather Davis

    August 4, 2013 at 6:57 PM

    I bet it smells great, too!

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  9. Rebekah Loper

    August 4, 2013 at 8:23 PM

    Hm, I have never heard of this for mosquito repellent before, very interesting! Definitely has to smell better than chemical repellents.

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  10. thebetterbaker11

    August 4, 2013 at 9:58 PM

    I love this idea! The fragrance they give sounds heavenly. I think they’re pretty cute too. Thanks for sharing. Anything I can do easily and naturally is always a ‘go’.

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  11. pamasaurus

    August 5, 2013 at 8:40 PM

    I’ll have to try this! Mosquitoes love me, even though I take Vitamin B Complex. I read somewhere that they love people with type O blood (which I’m O+) and people who workout because it raises your metabolism. I’m sure my gym routine would fit in there. At least these should smell nice if they don’t work, haha.

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    • kalamitykelli

      August 5, 2013 at 8:44 PM

      They DO smell great!

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  12. eliotthecat

    August 6, 2013 at 3:22 PM

    Sorry, behind on my reading. Just pinned this. I bet they smell lovely!

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    • kalamitykelli

      August 6, 2013 at 5:05 PM

      I get behind on mine at least twice a week!

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  13. Lillian Westfelt

    August 18, 2018 at 6:48 AM

    Really interesting. I haven’t found anything else that works – maybe this will be the one thing that does.

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    • Kelli

      August 18, 2018 at 7:19 AM

      It works for us! You have to put out several (so you can actually smell the lime and clove in the air) near where you are sitting etc… but it does work for us!

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