[at-l] From one day to the next

[Nina Rogers]

I've also read that a steady diet of raw garlic will keep the bugs away. The
humans, too, for that matter.

On 3/5/07, Rich kook <rich4hike at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Poison Ivey, bugs and what not...
> I don't have much faith in the fabric softener technique...
>
> For ticks, bugs, mosquitos -   This worked for me, but I don't know if it
> has any credibility...
> For my allergies in the spring/early summer last year I started drinking a
> mix of vinegar and a local honey to ward off pollen sniffles... as a result,
> I was bothered much, much less by bugs while I was sweating out this
> concoction (plus it really did help with my allergies and vinegar all around
> bueno for the body!)
> So if you can stomach the vinegar and don't mind sweating it out on the
> hot days, I'd give it a try! I'll be doing this again this summer on my
> thru...
> For poison Ivy,
> try a cream called "Zanfel" -
> its not cheap, but sure as hell beats a visit to the doctor or suffering
> for no reason!  Best-a-luck!
> Rich, Ga --> Me 07'
>
> Linda - I'm with ya on this crazy Capitol weather...
> ---- Original Message ----
> From: Linda Patton <lpatton at mailer.fsu.edu>
> To: AT-L listserv <at-l at backcountry.net>
> Sent: Sunday, March 4, 2007 3:54:51 PM
> Subject: [at-l] From one day to the next
>
>
> One day its' Winter with a captital W -- cool-to-cold, no sweat, no bugs.
> Lovely.  Then the next day I'm sweating like a pig and it's running in my
> eyes.  I'm swatting at bugs, and the poison ivy is reaching out for me.
> Today I'm sitting here itching and puffy-eyed, having plucked off a tick
> when I got back from trail work, and having somehow gotten poison ivy oil
> on my face--up one cheek and across my eye.  Oh yeah...and I'm itching
> from a dozen or so mosquito bites.  Which brings me to something I've been
> meaning to ask:  If you use fabric softener dryer sheets to ward off bugs,
> will the unscented kind work, or do they have to be scented (the sheets,
> not the bugs!)?
>    ~~ eArThbittenworm
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