Re: which spray or lotion

?? I have dry skin, always have had. But even as a baby, the mosquitoes would zero in on me while my sister only got a few bites. My mom always said it was cuz my blood was sweeter than Pat's, which I'm sure bugged Pat. Anyway, all my life, If mosquitoes are out, they find me and will not leave me alone, without protection, that is. 
Kitty
neIN, Zone 5
----- Original Message ----- From: "Jesse Bell" <silverhawk@flash.net> 
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 10:33 AM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] 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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