Healing Meadows Farm

05/24/2026

Thought some of you folks would be interested in these simple DIY tick repellents. I’m not sure of their length of effectiveness, but the information is good.
I make a tick and bug repellent spray that works if anyone would like to purchase it this tick season. 😊

This could be the most important thing that you see us post! Its an epidemic this year, and these things are as lethal as a venomous snake in the wrong senerio! Please not only read it, but share it! Make sure we get the word out about these tics and the disease they carry!

It's summer! Time for camping, hiking and getting outside to play. Don't let those pesky annoying ticks stop you. Here's how with a simple homemade solution!

Repellent for your pets:

For pets, add 1 cup of water to a spray bottle, followed by 2 cups of distilled white vinegar. Ticks hate the smell and taste of vinegar, and will be easily be repelled by this ingredient alone. Then, add two spoonfuls of vegetable or almond oil, which both contain sulfur (another natural tick repellent).

To make a repellent that will also deter fleas, mix in a few spoonfuls of lemon juice, citrus oil, or peppermint oil, any of which will repel ticks and fleas while also creating a nicely scented repellent. Spray onto the pet's dry coat, staying away from sensitive areas including eyes, nose, mouth, and ge****ls. When outdoors for an extended period, spray this solution on two to three times per day.

For you and your family:

In a spray bottle, mix 2 cups of distilled white vinegar and 1 cup of water. To make a scented solution so you do not smell like bitter vinegar all day, add 20 drops of your favorite essential oil.

Eucalyptus oil is a calm, soothing scent that also works as a tick repellent, while peppermint and citrus oils give off a strong crisp scent that also repel ticks.

After mixing the solution, spray onto clothing, skin, and hair before going outdoors. Reapply every four hours to keep ticks at bay, and examine your skin and hair when back inside to make sure no ticks are on the body.

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05/20/2026

Thought provoking…and true.

05/20/2026

Flowers, herbs, and pollinators!

05/20/2026

Raised bed update! So far it has been worthwhile. My only complaint is because of using Compost which is cow and horse manure, it grows a lot of little grass sprouts in it and you keep having to take your glove and get rid of all the grass seedlings that pop up. It’s easy enough and I’m hoping it’ll get better as time goes on and I won’t have to do it as often, but that’s why you’ll see some grass in the beds. It’s nothing to take over, but this is my broccoli and red leaf lettuce bed.
The Marigold’s and the peppermint at each end keeps the critters bugs 🐜at bay.

05/20/2026

Blueberries 🫐 are coming! Had to net them so that hopefully I get more than the birds.

05/20/2026

When you start your garden, it does not look too pretty because it’s just dirt and small plants that hope to grow up and give you food. 🌱 As we go through the season we will see the transformation, that is the God-part! I’ll take pictures and you will see how beautiful growing your own food is!
We plant the seed and He waters and provides the sunshine. ☀️😊🙏

05/20/2026

This was in my Nurse Practitioners office! She is too funny, but this is so true! Lay off the Lil’ Diabeetus! She’ll kill ya!

05/15/2026

Looks AMAZING!! Gotta try!!😋

05/13/2026

Oh yeah! Gonna make this soon!

05/11/2026

This is similar to things that I have made and said on this page, but I ain’t figured it was good as a refresher that you can make your own laundry detergent and fabric softener

05/06/2026

Neat! I will have to try this!
I have not had good results with Compost bins here in the country. I end up with opossums coming to enjoy it instead of getting any usable dirt.

A compost bin sits in the corner of the yard. The garden bed sits twenty feet away. Between them is a wheelbarrow and your Saturday morning.

A worm tower eliminates the trip.

One piece of PVC pipe, drilled with holes, buried in the center of your raised bed. Drop kitchen scraps in the top. Red wigglers eat the scraps inside the pipe, digest them into castings, and migrate out through the holes — distributing fertilizer directly into the root zone of the surrounding plants.

No hauling. No turning. No batch to wait for. The worms process scraps in place and the nutrients flow outward through the soil continuously.

The worm population self-regulates — they reproduce to match the food supply and migrate into the bed through the open holes when they're ready.

One pipe. One drill. Thirty minutes. A fertilizer system that runs itself inside the bed it feeds.

The compost bin in the corner just lost its job 🌱