A Simple Bird Feeder.
A small log with holes drilled into
it can hold your own homemade blend of bacon grease and birdseed.
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Water Ways
The best time to water your garden
or lawn area (if you really have to) is in the evening. Water pressure
is usually higher and you’ll lose less water from evaporation after the
sun’s down. Never water when it’s windy as it’s too hard to control
where the water goes.
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Fight Mosquitoes!
Use Bounce Fabric Softener sheets.
Tie a sheet through a belt loop when outdoors during the mosquito
season. Or, wipe on damp...great for babies.
Put some water in a white dinner
plate and add a couple drops of Lemon Fresh Joy dish detergent. Set the
dish on your porch, patio or other outdoor area. Not sure what attracts
them…the lemon smell, white plate or what, but mosquitoes flock to it
and drop dead shortly after drinking the Joy/water mixture, usually
within about 10 feet of the plate. It may help controlling mosquitoes
around your home.
User real vanilla (if you happen to
be able to buy some cheaply in Mexico). Mix it 50/50 with water and use
as a repellant for mosquitoes and ticks. When all else fails, get a
frog.
Ok…these I’m not sure of. Bob, a
fisherman, takes one Vitamin B (Thiamine Hydrochloride 100 mg.) tablet
a day, April through October. The odor the table give out through your
skin (YOU cannot smell it) repels mosquitoes, black flies, no seeum’s
and gnats. It does not work on stinging insects. Hasn’t had a mosquito
bite in 33 years. Try it.
Vick’s Vaporub (if you’re in the
woods every day.)
Plant marigolds around the yard.
Bugs do not like their odor.
NPR reported that if you eat
bananas, the mosquitoes like you...something about banana oil as your
body processes it. (maybe they need the potassium too). Stop eating
bananas for the summer and the mosquitoes will be much less interested.
