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7 Beautiful Plants That Also Help Keep The Bugs Away
While you're at your favorite greenhouse, pick up a few of these plants to help repel mosquitoes and bugs, and make your summer nights a lot more enjoyable. You can thank us later.
Bugs, including mosquitoes, ticks, fleas, and flies, can spread malaria, yellow fever, Zika, dengue, chikungunya, and Lyme. The CDC says some of these diseases can be severe and have lasting consequences. Unfortunately, while there is medicine for some of the disorders, there is none for Zika and Lyme. So your best bet is to avoid bug bites to prevent getting sick.
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If natural bug repellants are affordable and accessible, then why would you want to use chemicals? Here we'll look at 7 different plants available now, but you better hurry because the secrets out of the bag.
Beautiful Plants That Also Keep The Bugs Away
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