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Re: off List: Chiggers

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Jennifer:
Have gone to the doctor? That sounds serious. They may be spider bites or worse. I know chiggers are related to spiders, but your bites don't really sound like chigger bites. Use Campho-Phenique or a great product called Chigger-X to put on the bites after they occur. They will kill chiggers that have worked their way into your skin.

I can tell you some ways to help keep insects off of you while you are in the garden. 

I use REPEL insect repellant...check and see if it has any ingredients you might be allergic to.  If you don't want to spray it on your hair...(which I do...I lean over and spray it on the nape of my neck and into the flowing hair) THEN wear a wide brimmed tightly woven straw or cotton hat and spray the hat with repellent...both inside and out.

You can also use Avon Skin-So-Soft as a safer repellent to use on your face, shoulders, and hands.

If the critters are falling out of the trees, trim the lower branches.

Hope this helps,
Sheryl

PS: Sevin works, and it is one of the safer chemicals to use in and around the garden...ask someone for information...and read the labels before you decide to buy!
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On Thu, 17 Jun 1999 06:53:51   Jennifer Ruby wrote:
>Square Foot Gardening List - http://www.flinet.com/~gallus/sqft.html
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>HELP!
>
>You know, I have been trying to garden this year, and am not trying to be a
>baby. There are chiggers or something falling from the trees???? and I keep
>getting multiple sores all over my head, and other places, but  this time,
>they swelled up huge into the Lymph glands around my ears, and neck, and
>are causing enormous pressure inside the ear. (I know this isn't a medical
>list.)  What I need to ask though, is if there is ANY way to get rid of
>them in the yard, or to keep them off of me, (someone mentioned sulphur
>powder?)  This is beginning to be a REAL health hazzard!
>
>--
>Health, Hope, Joy & Healing :
> May you Prosper, even as your Soul Prospers
>
>Jennifer
>
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