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Ant Bites - BY ANGELA
When I lived in Phoenix, AZ a
few years ago an old Indian man told me the best remedy for fire
ant bites is meat tenderizer (plain) with baking soda, you put
equal amounts and a little bit of water to make a paste with
it. It draws out the venom and helps with the itching. I had
gotten bit by many of them while I was pregnant with my son.
I itched for 2 weeks, met that man and within a day the swelling
and itching was down. I also put bandaids over it to keep the
pasty mixture on me.
Hope this helps some of you,
Angela
Gnats Will Not Bite - BY JAC
The farmers in my area (Cape
May, New Jersey) always go into the fields with LISTERINE (out
of the bottle) rubbed all over their skin and hair. Believe it
or not, the gnats and mosquitos will not bite you. An added bonus
is that when put into the hair (I put it on just after washing
my hair so it will touch my scalp) your hair will be nice and
shiny.
The medicinal odor fades away
leaving a film on the body and safeguards you against their tortuous
bites.
I love your column. I found it
by accident and now check it out quite often. Thanks, JAC
Annoying Itchy Mossie Bites etc - BY LESLEY
Hi there,I see many remedies
for itchy insect bites ie: mossies, I personally use under arm
roll on deodorant, just roll onto bite and almost instantly the
itch disappears, repeat on return of itch.
Love your site, keep up the great
work, from Lesley of Western Australia.
Old Time Try To Kill Slugs
- BY VICKI M.
My grandfather showed me how to kill slugs when I was a little
girl. All you have to do is put salt on them or around the base
of a plant. Putting salt on the slug will cause it to shrivel
up and die. Putting the salt around a plant or the whole edge
of where plants are will keep the slugs out plus kill them off.
Hope this helps people get rid of their slug problems!!
Black Ants - BY KIM W.
Hi, I found that if I left some fresh garlic cloves broken-up
on a paper towel, on the kitchen counter, right by where I'd
see the ant's coming down our kitchen wall, they seemed to disappear
and I haven't seen any since.
Slugs and Beer - BY MARGARET
C.
If you do have slugs, pour some beer into an aluminium pie pan
and set in the sun. The slug will crawl into it but can't crawl
out. Just throw away the pie pan. If you gotta go, I could think
of worse ways. (And no, it doesn't have to be any particular
brand or style of beer.)
Keep Mosquitos Away - BY MANDA
L.
Tired of that stinky bug spray used to keep mosquitoes away?
Simply slip a dryer sheet in your pocket. Those pesky things
can't stand the smell so they won't come near you!! |
