Rain left, Giant bugs arrived
The local news says that this has been the wettest summer in YEARS! Now that the rain has finally stopped. . .
Invasion of the pterodactyl skeeters!! Just stepping out the door is apparently a declaration of war. We are bombarded by squadrons of HUGE mosquitoes. Walking the dogs is cause for an iron supplement due to blood loss.
I have a remedy remembered from research on tea tree oil. In WWII the Australians made a mix of water and tea tree oil to repel skeeters. Using this blend resulted in a substantially lowered rate of malaria in their soldiers in the jungles of the south pacific.
I have this blend in a spray bottle and spray myself down every time I leave the house. It works long enough to walk the dogs.
The girls are another story. Tee tree oil has a very medicinal odor and dogs HATE it. I can't get close enough to them to spray them. Just have to think of something else.
Invasion of the pterodactyl skeeters!! Just stepping out the door is apparently a declaration of war. We are bombarded by squadrons of HUGE mosquitoes. Walking the dogs is cause for an iron supplement due to blood loss.
I have a remedy remembered from research on tea tree oil. In WWII the Australians made a mix of water and tea tree oil to repel skeeters. Using this blend resulted in a substantially lowered rate of malaria in their soldiers in the jungles of the south pacific.
I have this blend in a spray bottle and spray myself down every time I leave the house. It works long enough to walk the dogs.
The girls are another story. Tee tree oil has a very medicinal odor and dogs HATE it. I can't get close enough to them to spray them. Just have to think of something else.
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