Halito Kim, Geez...this will be my first full year here in SD. Do these dreaded gnats frequent SD? Please tell me they don't. Sonja >From: "Kim Collins" <2buckets@arbuckleonline.com> >Reply-To: CHAHTA-L@rootsweb.com >To: CHAHTA-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [CHAHTA] GNATS >Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2001 19:06:25 -0500 > >Thanks Rusty. I have all kinds of new ideas to try now. Let's see if they >all work. If a person could find and market some thing to do away with >these >pests, they could make a fortune here!! >Kim >----- Original Message ----- >From: <rusty-old-car@webtv.net> >To: <CHAHTA-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2001 10:12 PM >Subject: [CHAHTA] GNATS > > > > They are really bad the last few days here. The ones in the house have > > been drawn to a sweet smelling tub of soapy water and drown. My friend > > always have mosquitos around his house in great numbers; he places a > > bucket half full of soapy water outside and places a string across the > > top which has been sprayed with what ever perfumes he can find. It is > > surprising how many die in the bucket. (Personally I prefer a bug zapper > > for hours of entertainment--not much to do around here you know.) > > To keep them from bitting you use an extract of lemon grass or any other > > plant containing citronella in it but be careful not to rub it in your > > eyes. > > > > rusty > > > > > > ==== CHAHTA Mailing List ==== > > Choctaw Home Page: > > http://freepages.cultures.rootsweb.com/~choctaw/ > > > > > > >==== CHAHTA Mailing List ==== >To subscribe to CHOCTAW-SOUTHEAST-L Genealogy mail list: >Send msg. to CHOCTAW-SOUTHEAST-L-request@rootsweb.com >Put "one" word in "body" of message:... "subscribe" without the quotes >Nothing in the subject line... Turn off signatures....... > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com