Bog Myrtle As A Natural Insect Repellent | Bushcraft Quick Tips

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What can be used as a natural insect repellent? If you are in the bush and don't have anything else, then there are some plants which have insect repellent properties. A good species for this purpose, yet little known amongst the majority of outdoors people, is bog myrtle, also known as sweet gale. This species occurs in Europe as well as northern North America. It's a traditional insect repellent in Scotland and is even used in some commercial insect repellent products. This video was filmed in Ontario, Canada and a liberal smearing of sweet gale does keep a good number of mosquitoes away from your exposed skin.

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hi there Paul curtly here founder frontier bushcraft and author of poor Kirklees blog one of the leading sources of bushcraft and wilderness information on the net now I'm here in Canada I'm on a short portage trail and it's June and the mosquitoes are pretty bad so today's quick tip is one about insect repellent and a natural insect repellent I'd like to show you its bog Myrtle and the Sun down here and it's quite a common plant you find it here in Canada you find it in Scotland you find it right around the northern hemisphere got a very distinctive aromatic smell a bit like rosemary bit like pine and basically you crush up the leaves rub it on your skin and it does work as an insect repellent it stops the mosquitoes maybe not as long as bought products but it certainly works and if you're in the bush and you need some repellent this works well well that should give me some protection for a little while I hope you find that useful I hope it serves you well if you enjoy this go over to my blog check out lots more information lots more tips for bushcraft survival and outdoor life thanks