FollowFor those of you who have found bugs in your garden can try out this simple to make eco-friendly bug spray recipe to get rid of caterpillars, slugs, and other creepy crawlies that roam through your garden and munch away at your plants, flowers, shrubs, and food products. All you need is a clear bottle to mix the stuff in, a strainer, and a spray bottle.
Bug Spray
2 cups boiling water
1/2 cup hot pepper sauce
1/2 cup dish washing liquid
Boil the water and add it to the jar, add 1/2 cup hot pepper sauce. Then proceed to add the dish washing liquid. Let it sit for a couple of hours or overnight. If you use a hot pepper sauce that is pulpy, and has the seeds, you will need to strain the mixture through a strainer to remove the seeds. However, if you used hot pepper sauce that is nothing but liquid, do not bother to strain it. Pour the mixture into the spray bottle and then spray the infected plant.
The mixture will end up killing the bugs that reside on your plant. Afterwards place crushed eggshells at the base of your plant in order to repel creepy crawlies from invading your plant. The caterpillar as well as other bugs will think that the eggshells are in fact, moths, and steer clear of the plant altogether.
This eco-friendly bug spray is inexpensive, and really works. Try it on your garden and see what it can do for you. Spray the plant late at night or first thing in the morning. If you use an eco-friendly dish soap it can be sprayed on plants that produce food as well as it will be washed away at the first sign of rain without affecting the soil at all.
