In a bowl, dissolve soap in 1 cup boiling water and set aside. In a blender, pour remainder of boiling water over tobacco leaves and let set for ten minutes or so. Strain through cheesecloth and discard solid materials. To use, spray the herbal liquid on insets and their environs at early morning and dusk for three days in a row. Because this mix drives most bugs away, but does not kill them, apply as needed.
Mulch banana peels into the soil at the base of the rose bushes.
This will strengthen them and ward off disease-bearing aphids. 5 cloves garlic 1 cup water 3 drops liquid soap Puree garlic and water in blender until liquefied. Strain the mixture and add 3 drops of soap. Add enough water to bring the mixture to 1 quart. To repel deer, roll several pounds of soft, scented herbal soap into balls.