Very hot and humid here in SA. The temperature is supposed to reach 104 on Tuesday. I mowed the yard today to get ahead of the heat. Without a rain in the next few days, watering will be a necessity to keep the grass from turning into straw. If the aquifer drops too much I will be restricted to hand watering or risk a ticket if I use the sprinklers on a day other than my designated day.
(05-23-2018 11:23 PM)WWDog Wrote: Very hot and humid here in SA. The temperature is supposed to reach 104 on Tuesday. I mowed the yard today to get ahead of the heat. Without a rain in the next few days, watering will be a necessity to keep the grass from turning into straw. If the aquifer drops too much I will be restricted to hand watering or risk a ticket if I use the sprinklers on a day other than my designated day.
clt says the early growing season is great so far in Charlotte. Peppers and tomatoes are growing rapidly with blooms on the tomato plants.
I made a mosquito trap last year and it seems to work very well. Very inexpensive to make and use too. Here is a link Mosquito Trap
I modified what is shown on the web site. I used two plastic bottles. Cut the bottom off of one. Cut the top off of the second. Leave the cap on the one with the bottom cut off. Remove the cap on the top portion of the second one. Invert the cut off top portion and push it into the bottom of the one you cut the bottom off of. It should look like two funnels pointing the same way. Use black tape to secure the inverted funnel. Poke some holes to mount it with string/wire so the funnels are pointed down. I added a small roof in the cables to keep rain from diluting the mixture. Boil about a cup of water to get rid of the chlorine and add 4 tablespoons of sugar to the hot water. Let it cool, then put in a packet of yeast. Poor the mixture into the top. It will form a foam. Hang it in a shady spot away from the people you want to protect. The mixture will be used up in a few days. Use the cap on the bottom to let out the old mixture and dead bugs (you will get flys and other bugs along with mosquitoes. Recap and start all over again.
(05-24-2018 06:42 PM)WWDog Wrote: I made a mosquito trap last year and it seems to work very well. Very inexpensive to make and use too. Here is a link Mosquito Trap
I modified what is shown on the web site. I used two plastic bottles. Cut the bottom off of one. Cut the top off of the second. Leave the cap on the one with the bottom cut off. Remove the cap on the top portion of the second one. Invert the cut off top portion and push it into the bottom of the one you cut the bottom off of. It should look like two funnels pointing the same way. Use black tape to secure the inverted funnel. Poke some holes to mount it with string/wire so the funnels are pointed down. I added a small roof in the cables to keep rain from diluting the mixture. Boil about a cup of water to get rid of the chlorine and add 4 tablespoons of sugar to the hot water. Let it cool, then put in a packet of yeast. Poor the mixture into the top. It will form a foam. Hang it in a shady spot away from the people you want to protect. The mixture will be used up in a few days. Use the cap on the bottom to let out the old mixture and dead bugs (you will get flys and other bugs along with mosquitoes. Recap and start all over again.
clt appreciates your efforts but clt is dealing with American mosquitos.
(05-24-2018 06:42 PM)WWDog Wrote: I made a mosquito trap last year and it seems to work very well. Very inexpensive to make and use too. Here is a link Mosquito Trap
I modified what is shown on the web site. I used two plastic bottles. Cut the bottom off of one. Cut the top off of the second. Leave the cap on the one with the bottom cut off. Remove the cap on the top portion of the second one. Invert the cut off top portion and push it into the bottom of the one you cut the bottom off of. It should look like two funnels pointing the same way. Use black tape to secure the inverted funnel. Poke some holes to mount it with string/wire so the funnels are pointed down. I added a small roof in the cables to keep rain from diluting the mixture. Boil about a cup of water to get rid of the chlorine and add 4 tablespoons of sugar to the hot water. Let it cool, then put in a packet of yeast. Poor the mixture into the top. It will form a foam. Hang it in a shady spot away from the people you want to protect. The mixture will be used up in a few days. Use the cap on the bottom to let out the old mixture and dead bugs (you will get flys and other bugs along with mosquitoes. Recap and start all over again.
clt appreciates your efforts but clt is dealing with American mosquitos.
(05-24-2018 06:42 PM)WWDog Wrote: I made a mosquito trap last year and it seems to work very well. Very inexpensive to make and use too. Here is a link Mosquito Trap
I modified what is shown on the web site. I used two plastic bottles. Cut the bottom off of one. Cut the top off of the second. Leave the cap on the one with the bottom cut off. Remove the cap on the top portion of the second one. Invert the cut off top portion and push it into the bottom of the one you cut the bottom off of. It should look like two funnels pointing the same way. Use black tape to secure the inverted funnel. Poke some holes to mount it with string/wire so the funnels are pointed down. I added a small roof in the cables to keep rain from diluting the mixture. Boil about a cup of water to get rid of the chlorine and add 4 tablespoons of sugar to the hot water. Let it cool, then put in a packet of yeast. Poor the mixture into the top. It will form a foam. Hang it in a shady spot away from the people you want to protect. The mixture will be used up in a few days. Use the cap on the bottom to let out the old mixture and dead bugs (you will get flys and other bugs along with mosquitoes. Recap and start all over again.
clt appreciates your efforts but clt is dealing with American mosquitos.
(06-10-2018 07:20 AM)ghostofclt Wrote: clt has numerous tomatoes. Still green but the time is coming for a tomato sandwich.
Adopted, provocatively, says that tomatoes are fit only for ketchup, sauce and sun-dried.
Putting a slice of tomato on a sandwich is like pouring a cup of water over it.
mturn tends to agree but despite hating mayonnaise and tomatoes he can get into some tomato pie. Pie crust, mayonnaise, tomatoes, basil and cheddar cheese. Bake till delicious.
(06-10-2018 06:28 PM)ghostofclt Wrote: clt learned today that odu fans are not southerners.
Neither the North nor the South claims us. Therefore, we can be whatever we want in the context of the conversation. If are are both, perhaps we are neither.
(05-10-2018 08:14 AM)jasdf Wrote: I hated those when I lived in central Florida. They’ll eat the paint right off your car if you don’t clean them off
So true. love bug season sucked.
Move from MS to WV, then it was lady bugs. They have a lady bug season and they get everywhere. Then move to VA, and it's stink bugs. Still, nothing comes close to being as aggravating as love bugs... except mosquitoes.
Mosquitoes are far more annoying than love bugs. Love bugs don't suck you dry every chance they get. Worst kind of mosquito are the small ones because you often can't feel it when they land on you unless you have really sensitive skin.
Many Texans like to talk about how big the mosquitoes are here, but they probably haven't been to Minnesota, because they're actually not very big here. They're freaking miniature dinosaurs in Minnesota, and maybe in some other places up north also. The good thing is that they aren't as numerous as they are here, and you can feel it when they land on you. Kinda shocked me though when I was hiking up there a while back and saw one of them for the first time. Running joke up there is that they're the state bird of Minnesota. lol
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