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| Lainey |
Posted - Apr 04 2010 : 03:35:42 AM
They are already out and about here!  My hands and arms are covered in bites from where I sat out on my backporch the other evening and read my book. I'm going to start putting on that Skin So Soft when I go outside, it seems to help. It seems awfully earlier for mosquitoes this year, though.
Farmgirl Sister #25
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| Fiddlehead Farm |
Posted - Apr 05 2010 : 05:37:17 AM
Have not seen any skeeters yet, but we just had our first day in the 70's. I am sure they are awakening!
Why not go out on a limb, that's where all the fruit is! "Mark Twain"
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| birdie71 |
Posted - Apr 04 2010 : 9:27:32 PM
I have to say we don't get much them down here in the desert...too warm! Okay okay...too hot!
Robin
Farmgirl Sister #1301
Farming in the Sonoran Desert? Hmmm?! |
| maggie14 |
Posted - Apr 04 2010 : 8:31:10 PM
We have them here also. lol They are terrible!! They really bother my goats too.
Hugs,
Channah
Farmgirl sister #1219
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| farmmilkmama |
Posted - Apr 04 2010 : 5:48:05 PM
We saw our first skeeter here in MN a couple days ago, and our first bee today. The ticks are out in numbers, too! Its amazing!
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Farmgirl Sister #1086
Be yourself.
Everyone else is already taken.
-Oscar Wilde
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| knittinchick |
Posted - Apr 04 2010 : 2:22:31 PM
Okay, we saw our first skeeter today on our way to church... The curse is upon us!
God's Blessings,
Megan aka Loretta Rae
At heart, I am both a sassy city girl and a down-home country gal. |
| knittingmom |
Posted - Apr 04 2010 : 1:46:13 PM
I'm glad we're not at that stage yet! Yuck. There's a shop out of Whitehorse, Yukon called Aroma Borealis. I swear by their Bug Off spray, it smells beautiful and all the bugs avoid you. They're on line.
Also in a pinch I've blended Eucalyptus and Lavender oils in Sweet Almond oil and used that, it also works.
"There is no foot so small that it cannot leave an imprint on this world" |
| knittinchick |
Posted - Apr 04 2010 : 05:13:07 AM
Elaine, we don't have skeeters yet, but we have bees! My Mom is really allergic to them, so already we have to be careful when going outside.
God's Blessings,
Megan aka Loretta Rae
At heart, I am both a sassy city girl and a down-home country gal. |
| cajungal |
Posted - Apr 04 2010 : 05:00:54 AM
They're here, too. Sometimes our winters are so mild that they never really leave. But, with the freeze we got this time we actually had days without the little critters. It was a nice relief.
I wish I could say that Skin So Soft and other natural resources like citronella really worked for me. They work for a few minutes or on a day with a light breeze. But, most of the time I have to resort to regular chemical products. I hate that.
Spray trucks come around in the middle of the night from time to time and it really does get rid of mosquitos for several weeks. BUT, it also kills the fireflies and other beneficial insects. That's not good. Plus, what are we breathing that they sprayed? We're kinda stuck.
One of the best compliments from one of my daughters: "Moma, you smell good...like dirt." |
