Nice people thread part 6 - thrice by twice as nice :)

lostinrates

GDB2222 wrote: »

Do they come from the lake? Does the lake have fish in?

Farms have flies. They go with cowsa, whcoh we are surrounded by. Mosquitos are i guess form tje cake and the water troughs. We cannot put fish in the cake because we have to keep emptying it, so our field would be covered with dead fish:eek:

But yes, they must be preeding in the water.

chewmylegoff

So my plan was to get to Olympic stadium by 10am.

I am still in bed, having got about 2 hours proper sleep and since 8am, well there is no way of putting it politely, it has been coming out both ends in a disorderly fashion. I am starting to feel human though so will leave in a bit. I haven't been ill for at least 2 years, great time to start, thanks body.

lostinrates

Oh chewy, poor, poor you, on your way out make sure you get something to, stem the flow so you can relax, and something to restore your electrolites so you can feel brighter through the day.

As for sleep, wish i could give you some of mine. I am awake now but lying down and have been drifting in and out this morning.

I am basically waking up for commitments to animals etc then falling back to sleep. My dogs haven't been walked to day and so are barking more.

Mauve squeaker thinks all this sleeping is brilliant, very snuggled in and purring, but pink whistley brought be a hugely pregnant mouse to try and perk me up earlier.

lostinrates

zagubov wrote: »

All these heath robinson gadgets for killing flies - has nobody had the patience to use my tried and tested water and wahsing-up liquid method of eliminating them. Guaranteed luddism-compliant and reassuringly.

And viva, did you manage to get the flyscreens ready with the material you brought back from Florida?

I think dh would miss cavorting round with the racket making sparks.

We also have a mossie net over the bed now. Neccessary to deflect dead insects from the bed.

GDB2222

lostinrates wrote: »

Farms have flies. They go with cowsa, whcoh we are surrounded by. Mosquitos are i guess form tje cake and the water troughs. We cannot put fish in the cake because we have to keep emptying it, so our field would be covered with dead fish:eek:

But yes, they must be preeding in the water.

Is the trick to put a very thin film of oil on the surface of the lake? You can read this very interesting article about mosquito control. http://www.gov.mb.ca/health/wnv/docs/mosquito_homeowners.pdf

If water is not in short supply and if it is feasible, water troughs for
farm stock can be flushed once a week to remove developing mosquito
larvae.
If the previous approaches can not be made to work, small amounts of
water in containers on private property can be treated once a week
with a light coating of cooking oil. A small spritzer bottle can be used
to spray a few drops per square metre, so that you can see an oil slick
completely covering the surface. Cooking oil is non-toxic to animals
that might drink the water, but will drown the mosquitoes and then
evaporate within a day or so in the sun.

Doozergirl

lostinrates wrote: »

I think I would miss dhcavorting round with the racket making sparks.

Edited for you

Sorry to hear you're poorly chewy, I hope you're alright for later. Was it something you ate?

Percy1983

How did I miss this I last posted in thread 5 and didn't realise it had moved on.

I have missed loads but I miss loads even when I am in these threads.

Hope everybody is doing well for themselves.

GDB2222

zagubov wrote: »

All these heath robinson gadgets for killing flies - has nobody had the patience to use my tried and tested water and wahsing-up liquid method of eliminating them. Guaranteed luddism-compliant and reassuringly.

That's interesting. If you put sugar in the water (as well as the detergent) and leave it in the room, will the flies be attracted to the water and self-immolate?

lostinrates

GDB2222 wrote: »

Is the trick to put a very thin film of oil on the surface of the lake? You can read this very interesting article about mosquito control. http://www.gov.mb.ca/health/wnv/docs/mosquito_homeowners.pdf

If water is not in short supply and if it is feasible, water troughs for
farm stock can be flushed once a week to remove developing mosquito
larvae.
If the previous approaches can not be made to work, small amounts of
water in containers on private property can be treated once a week
with a light coating of cooking oil. A small spritzer bottle can be used
to spray a few drops per square metre, so that you can see an oil slick
completely covering the surface. Cooking oil is non-toxic to animals
that might drink the water, but will drown the mosquitoes and then
evaporate within a day or so in the sun.

It. Might work on the cake, but wonder how much we would need. In any case, its being drained now, (i hope) so should be lots of dead larvae in the field soon.

Cooking oil is non toxic, but. I still won't use it onthe water troughs in use. The others we usually drain when not used. Oil might be a good tempoaray measure there . Definite food for thought.

Spirit_2

zagubov wrote: »

All these heath robinson gadgets for killing flies - has nobody had the patience to use my tried and tested water and wahsing-up liquid method of eliminating them. Guaranteed luddism-compliant and reassuringly.

And viva, did you manage to get the flyscreens ready with the material you brought back from Florida?

I didn't see this first time around but will try it.

For the first time ever we have bought fly spray in the last fortnight (hate the stuff). Prior to that we had always used fly strips. They are however deeply unattractive in a kitchen, especially when they have successfully trapped flies. Last year we replaced our little victorian kitchen table with a much bigger new one. The change in the layout had an unforseen consequence. Us shorties had no problems (me and DD) Mr S however on the new 'path' through the kitchen several times got his hair/head in collision with the sticky strips. They are banished to the stables now.