Kitchen Garden Forum

the laddo's over on the allotment- uk site have been discussing wormwood and absinthe but apart from blowing your brains out theyre saying it is an excellant insect repellant. any one have any definate info regards to that? thats wormwood i think not the absinthe...rgds paul.

Wormwood is wonderfully fragrant (if a bit strong), and used to be tucked into field workers hats and plough horses bridles to repel flies, so my countryliving gran told me.

I tried it a few years ago on myself and kids when they were in prams out in the garden (no longer have the wormwood, it grew too leggy and woody due to my lack of pruning), and can't say I noticed any significant repelling effect!

Apparently, if you eat Marmite, the Vitamin B is excreted on your skin and puts mozzies off biting you; might be worth a try if you like it!!

Love it, eat loads, still get bitten to buggery!