Yarrow tincture

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Penny says she prefers this kind of Vodka because it says “100 Proof”--which she says works best for making tinctures.

A tincture from yarrow flowers can keep the insects away.

1 What you need
2 What you do
3 Disclaimers
4 Attribution

[edit] What you need

yarrow flowers
knife
alcohol (100 proof reportedly works really well)
jar

[edit] What you do

Chop up the flowers
Put the chopped flowers in a jar
Fill it with alcohol and seal it
Wait 6 weeks, shaking the jar each day
Strain the flowers out of the alcohol
If you like, you can put it in a little spray bottle and you’ve got yourself some quality insect repellent!

[edit] Disclaimers

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