Re: which spray or lotion

Oh, man! This is the latest buzz on the Mosquito Olympiad, sports fans! It's heating up! 

On Jun 17, 2008, at 4:08 PM, Kitty wrote:
oh now come on, don't give us that old "everything in Texas is bigger" line! Some of our Indiana mosguitoes could go proboscis to proboscis with yours. And the smaller ones, well, think about it...with all the moisture and humidity we have here, compared to Kemp, I think ours could outswarm yours. 

Kitty
neIN, Zone 5
----- Original Message ----- From: "Pam Evans" <gardenqueen@gmail.com>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 5:02 PM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] which spray or lotion
LOL - yeah they are and I'm a big oil slick. But mother has dry skin and they love her too. Wonder if it's just body chemistry or something. Plus we have BIG skeeters here man. Some look like small helicopters, the little 
vultures.

On 6/17/08, Jesse Bell <silverhawk@flash.net> wrote:
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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Willamette Valley
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Elevation 148'
Hardiness Zone 8/9
Heat Zone 5
Sunset Zone 6
Minimum 0 F [-15 C]
Maximum 86 F [30 C]

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