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Courtesy of The Little Green Blog.

The main ingredients of The Little Green flea clear up recipe are essential oils, water and a few drops of washing up liquid – eco friendly of course. Soap nuts have an insect repellent property so you could use soap nut solution instead of washing up liquid.

• put 2 tablespoons neem oil in a plant mister.
• Top up with warm water and a tiny squirt of eco friendly washing up liquid.
• Then add your essential oils. I used 5-10 drops of each of cedarwood, citronella, peppermint and eucalyptus. Label and store in a cool, dark place.

That mixture needs to be sprayed on your carpets, floors and soft furnishings – please test on a small area first as some essential oils can cause some staining on some fabrics!

You can also use regular kitchen salt on your carpets but make sure there’s no damp in the room or the salt will attract all the moisture and make a sticky mess that won’t hoover up.  To use your salt, first whizz it in the blender to make a fine powder and then sprinkle it evenly all over the carpet and leave it for at least 48 hours before hoovering up.

Any natural method here is going to need a couple of weeks of repeating the treatment because they rely on killing the adult fleas or preventing breeding but they don’t kill any eggs so you have to break the egg laying cycle. If you want something to penetrate the eggs and kill them then you need nasty chemicals, sorry.

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