Rodents. To repel mice and deter them from creating nests near the base of trees, plant aromatic annual herbs, such as mint, lavender and catnip. For perennial plants that repel mice, consider amaryllis (Amaryllis), lavender (Lavandula) or daffodils (Narcissus).his attractive plant will keep cuddly kittens away from your garden. Scaredy cat plant (Coleus canina) grows to about 1 to 2 feet tall as an annual bedding plant. It has deep green foliage and delicate blue blooms. The smell of the scaredy cat plant keeps dogs and cats away from the area.
Glass is formed by heating sand to its melting point. Objects are then either cast or blown to their desired shape and allowed to cool slowly. Glass is made from a mixture of sand and other materials. Just regular sand can be made into glass, but it must be heated to about 3,000 degrees Fahrenheit.
In medieval European cathedrals, the glass sometimes looks odd. Some panes are thicker at the bottom than they are at the top. The seemingly solid glass appears to have melted. This is evidence, say tour guides, Internet rumors and even high school chemistry teachers, that glass is actually a liquid. And, because glass is hard, it must be a supercooled liquid.