Comments on: How to deal with mosquitoes, by Nance Klehm http://www.arthurmag.com/2009/07/06/how-to-deal-with-mosquitoes-by-nance-klehm/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:21:30 +0000 hourly 1 By: whelky http://www.arthurmag.com/2009/07/06/how-to-deal-with-mosquitoes-by-nance-klehm/comment-page-1/#comment-175076 whelky Mon, 20 Jul 2009 19:09:06 +0000 http://www.arthurmag.com/?p=8145#comment-175076 oh ginchy do you make the soda with water kefir grains? i've been usin em to make bubbly mild meads with berries and blossoms and things. wow, 50 pounds, that sounds amazing. i'd love to be in yer workshoppe oh ginchy
do you make the soda with water kefir grains? i’ve been usin em to make bubbly mild meads with berries and blossoms and things.
wow, 50 pounds, that sounds amazing. i’d love to be in yer workshoppe

]]> By: nance http://www.arthurmag.com/2009/07/06/how-to-deal-with-mosquitoes-by-nance-klehm/comment-page-1/#comment-175058 nance Fri, 17 Jul 2009 08:06:26 +0000 http://www.arthurmag.com/?p=8145#comment-175058 hey tartar, i've had a still, but haven't distilled in a year. working on the softer stuff as it is more socially drinkable and i don't need the tincturing base. now i have gallons to push through so i drew a new bead of silicone on it to get a better seal. and i will be bubbling away some evening soon. rght now, i am all about berries - another 50 pounds processed today. ridiculous. making soda. the even softer soft stuff with some of it... hey tartar,

i’ve had a still, but haven’t distilled in a year. working on the softer stuff as it is more socially drinkable and i don’t need the tincturing base. now i have gallons to push through so i drew a new bead of silicone on it to get a better seal. and i will be bubbling away some evening soon.

rght now, i am all about berries – another 50 pounds processed today. ridiculous. making soda. the even softer soft stuff with some of it…

]]> By: whelky http://www.arthurmag.com/2009/07/06/how-to-deal-with-mosquitoes-by-nance-klehm/comment-page-1/#comment-174968 whelky Tue, 07 Jul 2009 13:48:15 +0000 http://www.arthurmag.com/?p=8145#comment-174968 great ideas. i'd really love to see more bats and bat houses around i've made a salve out of beautyberry leaves and lemon balm that works so fucking amazingly. i'll send you some when i make another batch, which should be real soon. p.s. did you make yer still? what plan did you follow? Sorry... forgot to say great post - can't wait to read your next one! great ideas. i’d really love to see more bats and bat houses around

i’ve made a salve out of beautyberry leaves and lemon balm that works so fucking amazingly. i’ll send you some when i make another batch, which should be real soon.

p.s. did you make yer still? what plan did you follow?
Sorry… forgot to say great post – can’t wait to read your next one!

]]> By: Damon http://www.arthurmag.com/2009/07/06/how-to-deal-with-mosquitoes-by-nance-klehm/comment-page-1/#comment-174957 Damon Mon, 06 Jul 2009 19:01:47 +0000 http://www.arthurmag.com/?p=8145#comment-174957 Obviously, you picked up on my frantic and frustrated swatting at the air yesterday. Light clothes, check. Shower before going out, check. Essential-oil skin solution... oops, didn't have time to grab that before I ran to the train. And it had rained the night before, so they were fully hydrated and lounging in the tall grass around the nightshades when I showed up. Next time I go to the suburban garden, I will start a smoldering fire. I couldn't get anything done until the Sun was high enough above the trees to keep the 'squitoes from flying around. They like 70-80 degree temps, but above that (with full sun and dry air), they seem to fall back. Oh, and while I read up on dealing with ants (after a column of neophyte queens and drones marched in through a windowsill crack around 1 a.m.), I also read that bugzapper blacklights kill 100s of mosquito predator insects for each mosquito that gets zapped... and that mosquitoes don't really get drawn to the things in the first place. Obviously, you picked up on my frantic and frustrated swatting at the air yesterday. Light clothes, check. Shower before going out, check. Essential-oil skin solution… oops, didn’t have time to grab that before I ran to the train. And it had rained the night before, so they were fully hydrated and lounging in the tall grass around the nightshades when I showed up.

Next time I go to the suburban garden, I will start a smoldering fire. I couldn’t get anything done until the Sun was high enough above the trees to keep the ‘squitoes from flying around. They like 70-80 degree temps, but above that (with full sun and dry air), they seem to fall back.

Oh, and while I read up on dealing with ants (after a column of neophyte queens and drones marched in through a windowsill crack around 1 a.m.), I also read that bugzapper blacklights kill 100s of mosquito predator insects for each mosquito that gets zapped… and that mosquitoes don’t really get drawn to the things in the first place.

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