You know when the gnats and bugs are eating you alive, or at least torturing you with their incessant kamikaze attacks, flying into your nose and mouth, when you are trying to live some semblance of life outdoors? There is a lovely, cheap, homemade solution.

No longer does one need to keep their arm stretched in the air (like you just don’t care!) to attract the gnats, nor do they need to slap and swat, cover their face with clothing, or rattle off expletives like they are a sailor in the middle of the Indian Ocean.

No sirree Bob! Grab yourself a spray bottle, add in some vanilla (used for baking) along with water (it’s called diluting), and spray away.

Keep that bottle handy, spray everything you have, and begin your outdoor adventure.

Side note: I do not know if this remedy will keep away June bugs, but if it is July or August, or any other month but June, they won’t be out anyway.

And now you know.