Re: which spray or lotion

People with oily skin tend to be more prone to skeeter bites.  My twins are an
excellent example (fraternal).  One has oily skin (like her dad) and the other
has normal skin (like me).  If there is ONE skeeter in the house...it will
find the one with oily skin.  They both go to the lake or the park...one comes
home with nothing, the other is just covered in bites.
 
I used the Listerine
once...and it seemed to work.  But skeeters aren't a big problem for me
normally.  When I'm at PAM'S though...good grief...they are EVERYWHERE and you
cannot escape without a few bites.  They are BAD in her back yard.......
----- Original Message ----
From: Vera Metzke <vmetzke@gmail.com>
To:
gardenchat@hort.net
Sent: Monday, June 16, 2008 10:20:04 PM
Subject: Re:
[CHAT] which spray or lotion

Not to throw a glitch in the system but isn't
what we eat have alot to do
with this also?  Certain herbs repel the insects
don't they?  OK maybe just
rambling but don't things like garlic that will
circulate in the fluids we
secrete help also to keep the little buggers at
bay?

Vera

On Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 8:38 PM, <Aplfgcnys@aol.com> wrote:

>
Avon's Skin So Soft is a real oldie.  I used to use it, but it
> was never too
effective for me.  We have shad flies in the
> spring and deer flies in the
summer.  It might be good for
> mosquitoes but doesn't seem to phase deer
flies.
> Auralie
>
> In a message dated 6/16/2008 7:02:44 PM Eastern Daylight
Time,
> cyndi.johnson@edwards.af.mil writes:
>
> A lot of horse people swear
that Avon's Skin So Soft will repel all
> sorts of insects. Haven't tried it
myself yet. I use Bullfrog on me when
> I'm in the mountains.
> We have fly
spray for the horses and I bet we've tried a hundred brands
> including all
sorts of home-grown remedies, most of them don't last
> longer than a few
hours.
> A fool-proof method might be one of those bug suits I see in garden
>
catalogs.
>
>
>
>
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