home made fly spray

i make my own, and it was a recipe from a well known herbalist company

250ml cold tea
250ml cider vinegar
8-10 drops citronella oil
5 (ish) drops of lavendar

seems to work for me
 
This is mine and is good for midges and flies:

Good website for ordering oils is:

http://www.essential oils direct

Buy in bulk to get trade prices - it will keep or do it with a friend.

5 caps of dettol - from a 500ml size bottle

250 ml of Avon Skin so Soft and fresh - 500 ml bath oil. This can be halved if midges not too bad. I am presently using one third of a bottle which is working well. - On offer from Avon online at the moment.

1 ½ teaspoon of citronella oil - can go up to 2 if midges bad.
1 ½ teaspoon of eucalyptus oil
1 ½ teaspoon of lavender oil
1 ½ teaspoon of tea tree oil
1 ½ teaspoon cedarwood oil

Put into a 1 litre spray bottle. Top up to make 1 litre with either water or cold tea. Shake well before spraying and give a quick shake after every few squirts to make sure the oil is mixed with the water.

Spray on twice a day using enough to leave a fine mist on the coat. Ok for round sensitive areas.

I have used this on people as well as horses, but please do a patch test first in case your horse reacts to any of the above ingredients.

Cost works out about £3.00 a litre - if you buy in bulk and get the Avon offers, not as cheap as some receipes but this does work well and smells nice.
 
I used Theresa F's reciepe all last year on my loan horse that had sweetitch. Worked really well - I highly recommend it
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Please to hear it and you may notice that I have slightly adjusted it - upped the essential oils slightly with no side effects and it is lasting longer at repelling nasty midges etc.
 
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