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We eat outside a lot in the summer.  This used to be both wonderful and terrible; the wonderful part was being together and eating lots of great BBQ and corn on the cob, and playing volleyball with butter still dripping down our elbows.  The terrible part was dealing with the swarms and hordes of insects, that loved it when we ate out, too, and for all the same reasons.

Now, however, I use Repell-em tablecloths and Repell-em trash bags, both indoors and out.  We still have great BBQ and corn on the cob, and we still play volleyball with butter still dripping down our elbows.   What’s different this summer is the fact that we no longer have to deal with any insects.  Not a one.  Nope.  None.  Zip.  Zero.  NO BUGS!

Repell-em products really do what they promise they’ll do.  They do it well, too.

I can’t even imagine having a picnic without Repell-em products now.

Bonus?  Just cut one edge off your Repell-em tablecloth and cut it into segments.  Tie a segment of Repell-em around each person’s wrist and ankle, and send them off to play in the great summertime outdoors.  The bugs won’t bother them.

You’ve got Repell-em’s word on that.

I don’t what what kind they are, or why they’re there, but every summer, I get these disgusting little bugs under my kitchen sink.  It’s dry under there; no leaks or standing water.  The pipes are dry, too.  I don’t keep any organic substances under the sink; just soap!  Where do these bugs come from and why are there under the sink?

Rather, why WERE they under the sink, is more like it.  This summer, I wrapped a Repell-em bag around the U-pipe, and so far, not a single bug of any kind has shown its scaly face under there.

When the weather gets hot and muggy, the insects are in paradise.  Stick a Repell-em bag in all those enclosed spaces; they smell great to people, and you won’t be troubled by insects.  I’m serious.  I use nothing but Repell-em bags now, and not only are they the best trash bags ever, they’ve got so many other useful uses, I should write a book!

I showed you my pest-free tomato garden last Friday. Today, I’m going to show you how I grow tomatoes on my deck - upside-down.

You read it right. I grow upside-down tomato plants on my deck. AND, like the tomato garden in my back yard, my upside-down deck tomatoes are also completely pest-free.

NOTHING bothers them. No insects. No animals. I’m not going to spray or dust any of my plants with anything, either; I’m going to depend on Repell-em to take care of any and all mites, fungi, and living pestiferous things of every kind.

Here’s a picture of the upside-down tomato. This is a really fun project; I wasn’t sure it would work, but I found the idea on Steve Spangler’s blog and it looked like it would be both fun AND easy, and so far? BOTH! If you look closely at this picture, you can see the big tomato garden in the distance.

Here’s a close-up of the upside-down tomato. Here, you can plainly see the strip of red Repell-em that I wrapped around the top of the bucket. Not only is that little strip of Repell-em keeping all the bugs and animals away from the tomato; it’s also keep the mites and flies away from the petunias - even when there’s standing water around them!

Item: honeybees are not affected by Repell-em products. The wasps, hornets, and yellow jackets are held at bay, but the honeybees don’t seem to mind Repell-em at all. This is, of course, a GOOD thing! We WANT the honeybees!

I suggest that you all do to your gardens - big gardens and the little deck and porch pots - what I did to mind, which is: wrap strips of Repell-em around them and watch your vegetables and flowers flourish!

We plant our tomatoes in a railroad flat, and every year we fight Mother Nature and all her minions for the fruits of our labor. I’m not sure who gets more tomatoes: Bambi and his mother, or all the nasty little worms and insects that feast on the tomatoes and then devour the plants down to the roots.

As you can see, this year I’m fighting back. The cat (her name is Millicent) won’t go near the flat, and so far, neither Bambi nor his mother, nor any of their woodland friends have bothered the plants.

As you can see, each tomato cage has been wound with a strip of Repell-em, and between the scent, the ends waving in the breeze, and the large Repell-em piece acting as a scarecrow there on the end, I really believe we’re going to get some tomatoes for ourselves this year.

I don’t have to worry about “insect repellent” touching my food and contaminating it in any way, because Repell-em products are made of 100% natural ingredients and are completely harmless.

The cats were used to playing in that railroad flat all winter, and it’s really funny to watch them go running toward it and then stop short, look around with a bewildered expression, and then turn and walk away.

Here’s a closer shot of a few tomato cages, so you can see in greater detail what I’ve done with the strips of Repell-em. It’s nothing fancy, obviously, but so far it’s working like a charm!

There are so many uses for your Repell-em products. So far, every experiment I’ve done with them has been successful!

I promised you all a picture of my garden with Repell-em woven all around the tomato cages, but I’ll have to pass on that until Wednesday.  I live in Indiana, you see, and the never-ceasing rain has really thrown a monkey wrench into any photo ops I may have had planned!

Surely by Wednesday’s post, I’ll be able to go back there and take a picture for you.  It’s really quite attractive!

In the meantime, I will give you this:  I feed my cats in the kitchen, and for the past two days, not one of the three has gone near their food OR water bowl!

I finally figured it out.  I had gathered up all the newspapers and put them in a Repell-em bag and set the bag in front of the patio doors, BESIDE THE CATS’S DISHES!

No wonder the cats wouldn’t go near enough to even grab a light snack!

Repell-em products really work.  I mean to say, Repell-em products REALLY, REALLY WORK!

Stay tuned for some pictures.

When the weather is nice, I like to drive to the high school and walk around the track.  I’ve been walking every night this week, in fact.

The problem is, I’m not the only one who loves this warm, breezy weather.  The bugs like it, too.  I came home from the track those first few nights covered with mosquito bites.  I hate that!

Then I thought, Hmmm, I put a little strip of Repell-em around my ankle and wrist when I work in the garden. . . I bet it would work for walking the track, too!

And it did.

I’ve tried smelly insect repellents for track-walking in the past, and I hate them.  Oh, they work, but at what cost?  A lot more than a strip of Repell-em costs, that’s for sure, but even more than that?

Repell-em smells good, and that little strip doesn’t drown out the honeysuckle! Don’t worry about Repell-em touching your skin, either; Repell-em products are made of 100% natural ingredients and will not harm you.

There are so many uses for Repell-em products.  And so far, everything I’ve tried with Repell-em has worked like a charm!

I read in a gardening magazine that putting a brightly-colored cloth on a pole and placing it in the middle and both ends of your garden will keep away the animals.  I’m going to try it this year, because last year, the deer ate almost everything!

However, my “scarecrows” won’t be made of cloth; I’m going to put Repell-em trash bags on poles and let them guard my tomatoes and green peppers.

Not only will the red Repell-em bag, flapping in the wind, keep all the animals away, it will also keep all the bugs away!

P.S.  I threw a Repell-em trash bag, full of corncobs and rib bones, in the back of our pickup truck three days ago, and nothing’s bothered it yet!

My husband and I decided that this one sunny day of the entire month of June (so far) should be spent weeding out the completely out-of-control raised vegetable bed in the back yard.

It’s made of railroad ties, and it’s about two feet wide and fifteen feet long.  Until an hour ago, it was surrounded on all sides by weeds as tall as two feet.  We had to step on those to get to the even taller weeds INSIDE our railroad flat.  Finally, the job was done.

It’s late to plant but what can you do when every single day the skies have literally broken open and POURED rain for weeks and weeks?

Now, what does this have to do with Repell-em products?  PLENTY!  In the past, we’ve had to wear long pants, and put a rubber band around our ankles, and spray stinky smelly dangerous insect repellent all over our bodies, to keep the chiggers away.

Don’t laugh.  Chiggers bite, and they bite HARD, and the bites itch and ache and last for days and days.

Today, we just tied little strips of Repellem around our ankles and went to work.

It’s been an hour, and so far, no evidence of any chigger attacks whatsoever.

Not only do I use Repell-em, and only Repell-em, products in my home, I also use Repell-em products for all kinds of other reasons!  Bug-free gardening is only one  of them!  On Wednesday, I’ll tell you how I use Repell-em products in the garden itself.  NO BUGS!  NO BUGS ON MY TOMATOES!

A business with an enthusiastic, helpful, knowledgeable boss is a business that’s bound to be a success!  Repell-em’s president, Terry Feinberg, knows every inch and every step of Repell-em, and even though he’s the BIG BOSS, he’s happy to help a customer in any way.  Just ask Marie Gagnon!

Repell-em reader Marie Gagnon was planning a large catered outdoor graduation party at a local park, and was concerned about the flies.  She contacted Repell-em to see about ordering some tablecloths, but she only had a few days before her big party!  She asked about overnight shipping, and was told that YES, WE CAN!  And we DID!  Terry was happy to help her with her order, and when Marie asked for her order’s tracking numbers and other information, Terry sent that to her, also.  No problem whatsoever!

Marie then wrote to us to say that her party was very successful, and that the Repell-em tablecloths and trash bags were partially responsible for that success.  After all, an outdoor party without insects would be a very nice outdoor party!

Marie was also very appreciative of the time Terry Feinberg spent with her, explaining about the product and encouraging her to ask questions which he was happy to answer.

Yes, when the BIG BOSS of a business still takes the time to help a customer out like Terry does, well, you just KNOW that’s a business that has its priorities straight.

Repell-em not only makes a superior product that does exactly what it claims to do, Repell-em also has a president who is proud of his product and who will go that extra mile for a customer.

I don’t use ANY outdoor tablecloths or trash bags except Repell-em.  No other product can begin to compare.  Repell-em outclasses them all!

And, there are NO BUGS in my house!

Graduation parties are in full swing right now, and an outdoor barbecue is often the party of choice! With the current wave of humid heat sweeping the country, the insect populations have tripled, and an outdoor food fest is an open invitation to flies, mosquitoes, and other pests.

An easy solution to much of this problem is to use Repell-em products at your outdoor party! Repell-em tablecloths are inexpensive, 100% harmless to the food, recyclable, reusable, and keep the flies away from the potato salad. What more could you ask of a tablecloth? Add to this some Repell-em trash bags for any garbage, and you’ve created an outdoor feast of delights for all of the humans, and a chamber of horrors for the bugs! Believe me, the bugs won’t come near your party with those Repell-em products standing guard.

Far safer than sprays, much better-smelling than any other kind of insect repellent on the market, and WAY safer! If the baby grabs a handful of a Repell-em tablecloth and starts sucking away, it won’t hurt her. It won’t be pleasant to see, but it won’t hurt her!

No matter how humid and hot and “tropical” the weather might get this summer, you can still count on Repell-em products to keep your outdoor gatherings absolutely insect-free.