Re: which spray or lotion

yes I love my pond.... but just like your garden when you have no time,
about to leave for a few days, and suddenly you HAVE to make time to do
something .....

   
  Donna

Kitty <kmrsy@comcast.net> wrote:
  But you really enjoy having a pond, don't you?

Kitty
neIN, Zone 5
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Donna" 
To: 
Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 7:15 AM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] which spray or lotion


> Yes and no... this means I have to get this done and quick. I am leaving
> town in a week.....the fish can't stay where they are for more than a
> couple of days....although if I was home I could push it, but with being
> gone that's not going to work. One of the lilies has overgrown it's pot
> to being a massive root mess 4ft round.... now to get it out of there.
> That is tonights project with the skeeters biting, asthma reacting,
> after working 10- 11 hours at work... sigh.
>
>
> Donna
>
> Kitty wrote:
> silver linings!
>
> Kitty
> neIN, Zone 5
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Donna"
> To:
> Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 5:03 AM
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] which spray or lotion
>
>
>>I dont think anything will help around here this year. I was outside
>> from 5:30 to 8:30 last night working on my mothers pond. I must have had
>> 100 bites if not more. Looked like a welt by the time I came in for
>> supper.
>>
>>
>> The city here is spraying for them nightly since Friday. I have no idea
>> what they are spraying, but it is effecting my asthma.
>>
>> The good news is I found about 20 fish alive when we drained the pond.
>> Now the pressure is on to get it cleaned up, flowers divided and get it
>> back up and running..... sigh.
>>
>>
>> Donna
>>
>>
>>
>> Vera Metzke wrote:
>> 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, 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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