Concentrated lemon juice works also...........I know from experience. We were having trouble with a big boar raccoon, chasing our old dog. We set a live trap........and caught a skunk. Well, you can't spring the door without touching the trap, and neither me or my husband [he said it was my idea, I had to deal with it; all the time laughing] were going to get close. I ended up shooting it in the head, and it didn't spray. I told my husband it was dead and after dinner, we would have to dispose of it. It just didn't spray when I shot it, but apparently shortly there after............can you smell the story? I had used tomato juice on my tires, but didn't have any, but I did have lemon juice; which I used the whole bottle. It killed my lawn, but got rid of the smell. There was a slight smell for a couple of days. Sandy Owsley ----- Original Message ----- From: John Philip Adams To: TXFANNIN-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2002 10:26 AM Subject: Re: [TXFANNIN-L] Porter Cemetery Cleanup Project SKUNK Remedy # 2 Tomato juice. Supposed to be the acetic acid from the fruit kills the odor. Works on Dogs John Philip Adams Baytown ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lonnie Roe Realty" <lonnieroe@etxrn.com> To: <TXFANNIN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2002 11:36 AM Subject: Re: [TXFANNIN-L] Porter Cemetery Cleanup Project > Thanks Susan, > Your hints will be helpful. I am especially interested in the skunk remedy. > Where do you buy orange-oil? We will be careful and try not to disturb, > destroy or damage the graves or stones. Yes, there is a lot of stones that > have been toppled over. I saw one metal marker that was laying in the dirt > deteriorating, not even sure it belonged where it was laying. > Peggy > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Hawkins" <hawkins@texoma.net> > To: <TXFANNIN-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2002 4:08 PM > Subject: Re: [TXFANNIN-L] Porter Cemetery Cleanup Project > > > > > > I'm leaving on a trip and can't be there but I love that cemetery. I > > would love to live on the lane its on. It is what is left of a road that > > went past the cemetery at one time but the flooding cut the cemetery up. > > I have not gotten out in the field over the little creek to see if > > graves are on that side marked or not so I have no reference as to how > > big it might have been at one time. A road crossed in front of it, > > bypassed completely by roads, the only road left is the L shaped one > > that went to the chapel years after the roads were not in use any more. > > Lots of little footstones and broken bits of stones are in the > > cemetery when I saw it last. > > Be sure to bring something to handle snakes with. Copperheads ,and with > > the creek so close, cottonmouths will be there so you need something > > handy to remove them if they are too close for comfort. This time of > > year they are sluggish and more dangerous. > > Skunks are on the roam right now also. I make up a sprayer of water > > mixed with orange oil and it makes them abandon the area. There were at > > least two skunk burrows there. They will leave if that is sprayed > > around, or stay hidden. > > Dawn Soap & water in a sprayer , used on an ant hill is a trick I > > learned from funeral directors and tombstone folks. They spritz the area > > with it before a funeral , it dries and the soap keeps the ants away for > > a day or so. That way they can continue the work in the cemetery without > > bug spray and other troubles for the people at a funeral. > > When I was webmaster for the Historic Texas Cemeteries website I > > collected some good ones. The best website I saw for > > clearing/cleaning/restoring a cemetery is this website. Maybe it will > > help. > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~inpcrp/repairtoolbox.html > > > > > > ==== TXFANNIN Mailing List ==== > > How can just one ancestor cause so much TROUBLE ?? > > > > > ==== TXFANNIN Mailing List ==== > Threaded Archives > Search List by subject line in a time period > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ > ==== TXFANNIN Mailing List ==== Genealogists are time unravelers.