Why, then, was I sitting outside on my deack?

Because I had an EcoSmart Repellem tablecloth on my outdoor table, and there WERE NO BUGS.  Not one.

No mosquitoes.  No flies.  No gnats.  No wasps.  No ants.  No chigger bites on the two borrowed neighbor toddlers.

This is especially significant because we were eating canteloupe at that outdoor table, and we left the juicy rinds outside while we went to water the rosebushes.

When we got back to the mess on the table, there were still no insects of any kind on that mushy, slushy, strong-smelling (Y’all know what canteloupe smells like!)  pile of ickiness on our four plates.

I cleaned up the mess, threw it into an EcoSmart Repellem trash bag along with our supper leftovers, which included several corncobs and some chicken bones.  In an ordinary trash bag, this would have been an animal’s and an insect’s dream-come-true, but that trash bag has been sitting outside on the deck for hours now and nothing has touched it.

Oh, and those less-than-half-price EcoSmart Repellem trash bags I ordered from Cabela’s last Monday?  They arrived in three days.  THREE DAYS.  Whatta deal.

I’m going there and ordering some RIGHT NOW!

When I got home, I looked at my own kitchen trash, and there was not a single gnat in sight.  I looked a little closer and saw that my trash bin was full of chicken skin and corncobs from last night’s supper: surely a feast for any self-respecting gnat!

So, what was the difference, bug-wise, between my friend’s kitchen trash and mine?

She used Glad bags, and I used EcoSmart Repellem bags.  That was it.  Everything else was the same: both trash bins were full of overripe food dregs, but only one bin was favorited by the gnats.  My trash bin, with its Repellem trash bag, was absolutely and 100% insect-free.

It’s really, honestly true:  EcoSmart Repellem trash bags will keep ALL insects away from your trash, no matter how smelly, ripe, or alluring your garbage might be to a bug.

Think how much cleaner, and how much SAFER your home would be with EcoSmart Repellem products in every room!

EcoSmart Repellem makes the very best trash bags, tent mats, pet poop bags, tablecloths, and other awesome products, and all kinds of information about them are on our main website right here.

Our main website will tell you that EcoSmart Repellem products are the best; our blog will tell you why.  Our blog will also tell you other ways to use our products, for Repellem products are extremely versatile and can be used in many different ways.  An EcoSmart Repellem trash bag is more than just an excellent trash bag, you see, and here on our blog, you’ll learn how and why.

EcoSmart Repellem is also a business that genuinely cares about our customers; we are not afraid to get “out there” and blog about our company, and we are not afraid of our customers’ comments, whether positive or negative.  If you comment positively, we will thank you (you might even get a little something in the mail for making us smile!) and if your comment is negative, we will strive mightily to correct whatever went wrong, and to make sure that customer leaves our blog smiling, too.  Word of mouth is the mightiest of all advertising, and EcoSmart Repellem is not afraid to open ourselves up to customer feedback of ALL kinds.  That’s how we know what we’re doing right, and what we’re doing wrong.  Rest assured, too, that if a customer has a complaint, we will fix it.  Fast.

EcoSmart Repellem is a business with a blog.  That means, EcoSmart Repellem is a business with a heart.  We are real people, and so are you, and with a blog, we can have a conversation.  We hope you will leave our blog convinced that EcoSmart Repellem products ARE the best, but not because of hype and advertisement: because of what other customers say, because of what WE are saying, and because we encourage customer comments and always respond to them.

Thank you for coming to the EcoSmart Repellem blog.  We make the best and greenest products in the world, your home and lifestyle will be cleaner and greener if you use our products, your children will be safer with EcoSmart Repellem, and everything we make is recyclable and made of 100% natural ingredients.  And, our blog is happy to tell you why, and how.

Funny thing, though. . . . all the other people in the park were slapping at mosquitoes and spraying smelly hazardous repellants on themselves and on their children.  Heaven only knows what their food tasted like after being so close to such strong-smelling stuff!

But in our park shelter, my friends and I were NOT slapping at mosquitoes.  We didn’t even have any ants!  There were no nasty odors from strong poisonous sprays at our picnic table.  The only time one of us got bitten was when a couple of the husbands walked across the parking lot to get something out of the car.

What was the difference between our picnic setup and everybody else’s?  Simple.  We had an EcoSmart Repellem tablecloth on our table, and two EcoSmart Repellem trash bags hanging off the ends of the unused table in our shelter.

And, we had no bugs.  Nope, not one.  I recommend EcoSmart Repellem products to all of you this summer, for your picnics, and for your general day-by-day living.  “No bugs” is nice, and extends to your home if you use EcoSmart Repellem products there, too.

I do.   Wouldn’t be without them!

Lots of things!

We can use and re-use simple things like aluminum foil.  We can carry re-usable grocery bags.  We can plant gardens.  We can recycle our cans and plastics.  We can FreeCycle usable things we no longer need.  We can start walking to places that are only a short distance from our homes.  We can get out those bicycles!

We can use EcoSmart products around our homes, too.  This helps both the earth AND us, because not only do EcoSmart products help us keep our homes clean and green, they also keep away harmful insects and pesky animals that dirty up our environment.

More and more businesses are offering EcoSmart products for sale, and this is a mark of a wise business.  And, you can always purchase EcoSmart Repellem products right here on the good old internet.

Ever since I discovered EcoSmart Repellem products, I haven’t used any other brand in my home.  I live way out in the country, and I have to set my trash out on the deck all the time.  Before I knew about EcoSmart Repellem, I spent an awful lot of time crawling around the yard picking up my own trash and re-bagging it, because the possums and raccons and dogs had smelled it from afar and come running to the feast.  Now, with Repellem bags, the animals can’t see nor smell the garbage inside the bags, so my trash sits in clean trash bags, awaiting our weekly trip to the dump.

It’s a small thing, trash bags, to make a person feel as though he/she is helping keep the earth clean and green, but it’s a fact:  using EcoSmart Repellem products does help.  And, they’re superior products in every possible way.

It’s time to get out a couple of EcoSmart Repellem trash bags, cut them up, and put the pieces in your cabinets and cupboards.    This will keep away the ants, weevils, roaches, and any other bug that might otherwise think your food storage places would be good dwelling places.

It’s also time to throw an EcoSmart Repellem bag in each clothes closet or clothing storage bureau or bag in your home.  Those folded winter woolens in the bin under your bed would be a perfect hangout for insects this summer.  Don’t let that happen to your family’s good clothing!

All you have to do is put an EcoSmart Repellem product of some kind in each storage bin, and you’re protected from all insects!

It even keeps moths away from your family’s woolens!

Many parents securely fasten a strip of Repellem plastic UNDERNEATH their child’s mattress to make sure insects don’t crawl into the crib and onto the child in the night.  HOWEVER, IF YOU DO THIS, BE SURE IT’S A SMALL STRIP OF REPELLEM, NOT A COMPLETE BAG, AND MAKE SURE THE STRIP IS FASTENED SECURELY.  DO NOT PUT IT ON TOP OF THE CHILD’S MATTRESS, UNDER THE SHEET!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AND BE SURE YOU USE A VERY SMALL STRIP!  EcoSmart Repellem products will not harm your child if touched or tasted, but it is vitally important to keep all plastic bags away from our children for suffocation reasons.

If you use EcoSmart Repellem products throughout your home this summer, you’re assured that no bugs will want to make YOUR home THEIR home.

I’ve done this for a couple of years now, and we haven’t seen a single ant, moth, weevil, or roach inside the house yet.  And I live WAY out in the country, in bugland!

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 EcoSmart Repellem to take care of any and all mites, fungi, and living pestiferous things of every kind.  The cats won’t even nibble on the leaves, with Repellem near them.

Here’s a picture of one of the upside-down tomatoes. 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 - see the red EcoSmart Repellem strips tied around each tomato cage?

Here’s a close-up of the upside-down tomato. Here, you can plainly see the strip of red EcoSmart Repellem that I wrapped around the top of the bucket. Not only is that little strip of Repellem 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 EcoSmart Repellem products. The wasps, hornets, and yellow jackets are held at bay, but the honeybees don’t seem to mind Repellem 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 mine, which is: wrap strips of EcoSmart Repellem around them and watch your vegetables and flowers flourish!

If you look closely at the tomato garden, you will also see a “scarecrow” made of a broomstick with a big piece of Repellem tablecloth on it.  When the wind blows, it flaps like a flag and scares the deer away, and when the wind is still, the EcoSmart Repellem itself keeps the deer away.  Whenever I use any EcoSmart Repellem product, it’s always a win-win situation.

I also have little EcoSmart Repellem strips tied around the base of all my knockout rosebushes.  I won’t have to buy any rose “dust” this year, because NOTHING will bother my roses OR their leaves now.  It’s wonderful.

EcoSmart Repellem products are just simply wonderful.

P.S.  By the way?  With EcoSmart Repellem on your upside-down tomatoes, you can eat them right off the vine without washing them first!  And is there anything better than a fresh, picked-off-the-vine, sun-warmed cherry tomato in the summertime?

You can purchase EcoSmart Repellem products right here on the Repellem website, and now, you can also buy your EcoSmart Repellem products at your local Vitamin Shoppe - and at a discount, too!

Unless, of course, you’ve got an EcoSmart Repellem tablecloth on your picnic table or deck table. With Repell-em at your picnic, you’ll be able to concentrate on the food and the company, and not have to worry about being annoyed and bitten. Don’t worry about the ingredients in Repell-em harming your kids or contaminating your food, either; Repell-em products are made of 100 natural ingredients and are absolutely harmless to people.

Your EcoSmart Repellem tablecloth will also keep the raccoons, possums, squirrels, and other animals away from your deck or picnic site.

You can use each EcoSmart Repellem tablecloth several times, too.  That’s green!