5. Pest Repellant
If you take a stroll through the aisle of your local supermarket offering natural pesticides, pick up a product and read the ingredients label. You’re bound to find thymol listed in the ingredients, as it provides a fragrance that drives off insects.
You can make some homemade insect repellent right in your kitchen using natural ingredients. Take some thyme oil extract and mix 1/2-tablespoon of the oil with some citronella extract and three candles. Let the candles melt until the wax becomes a liquid. The oils infuse into the wax, leaving you with a medicated formula perfect for outdoor insect candles.
Take a piece of string about 3 inches in length, and balance it in the center of a glass tumbler. Fill the glass with the liquid wax and let it cool down. Keep string in the center of the glass, so the wick stays as close to the middle as possible while the wax sets.