I should have known when the site I got this from said that the bugs would starve to death that this wouldn't work.  Don't you think that bugs are just a tiny bit smarter than to sit on a plant they don't want to eat until they die from starvation?  Especially when there are perfectly good (and still edible) plants all around them?  Starve to death, indeed.

The recipe and directions can be found here.

Do not, and I would really like to repeat DO NOT, make this recipe unless you are willing to sacrifice you blender and the pot you make it in.  If you want to dedicate a pot and blender to this, go ahead.  Not only did my blender reek of these ingredients after several washes and soaks, it still reeked of the ingredients when I finally gave up and threw it out a week and a half after I made this.  The pot that I used had the same issue.  I haven't tossed it yet as it is one of the few large pots that I have, but I also won't be using it for anything else in the future.  It has been about a month since I made this "pesticide" and the pot still smells like onions and garlic.

One thing that you will definitely repel if you spray this in your garden is people.  You may find yourself with far fewer solicitors and those nice old ladies from the Kingdom Hall may suddenly just stop showing up.  Unfortunately, you may attract hungry kids who love spaghetti.  Probably not, though.  This stuff reeks.  It reeks from the moment you make it until the moment that a heavy rain or watering washes it off of your plants.  In fact, after 2 weeks with mostly rain and only a little sunshine, some of my potted plants -still- reek.  Try not to spray it onto the pots, I guess.

I can tell you right now, it will -not- repel small animals or birds.  I had a particularly obnoxious pair of grackles eat every single strawberry in my strawberry jar planter despite the plants and soil being sprayed with this stuff.  A baby rabbit decided to help itself to my flowers.

For bugs, there's no telling.  Two of my potted plants were still attacked by bugs quite frequently.  I'm pretty sure they just looked up at me and laughed as they ran deeper into the soil to avoid the spray because they're still nomming on the leaves.

I might try the age old water and dish soap method on my flowers, but for my veggies, I think I'm going to stick with an organic pesticide from the store.

I give this 1 out of 5 ruined blenders.