My family loves to utilize our deck. After a long cold winter there is nothing better than setting up the outdoor furniture and smelling the fresh grass, flowers and watching the tree bloom until you get attacked by bugs. Obviously they too have been waiting for you to start being on the deck as well. Over the years I have tried everything from expensive bug repellants to home remedies. As you know I have grandpets so I’m careful that anything I use is safe for them. I poured through websites for anything I hadn’t tried before and by fluke came across herbs to plant in your vegetable garden to repel nasty pests. Although I don’t have a veggie garden I decided to pot 5-6 plants of basil, rosemary and lavender and put them on the edges of the deck. To my excitement it worked plus I had fresh herbs at my fingertips for cooking all summer.
