Taming Your Outdoors
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Article by: Bill Hackel Slapping yourself , Azalea 'My Mary' silly trying to keep mosquitoes from biting you? Besides causing irritating itching bites, mosquitoes can also carry and transmit several diseases , Common Landscape Design Features including the West Nile Virus. Although you cannot get rid of every mosquito, there are many ways to protect yourself , Spruce Budworm and those around you. The most important way to help fight mosquitoes is by breaking their breeding cycle. Mosquitoes lay their eggs in stagnant water , Growing in My Garden and those eggs hatch within 48 hours. Once hatched, the larvae feed on debris in the stagnant water , Common Landscape Design Features until they move into the resting stage. In this stage, the larvae become pupae. The mosquito begins to develop and finally emerges as an adult mosquito. All this can happen in less than 5 days! Be pro-active and check the area around your home , Growing in My Garden for places , The Secret to Pruning Apple Trees where standing water , Maintaining Your Landscaped Yard may accumulate such as birdbaths, clogged gutters, buckets, kiddie pools, toys, even bottle caps - mosquitoes can breed in just a thimble full of water. , The Indoor Garden: Plants that Clean the Air Change water , Tips for Garden Decoration often in birdbaths. Empty kiddy pools and turn them upside down when not in use so they do not collect water. , Hibiscus Tea Keep your gutters clear of debris. If you have done your best to help prevent breeding and are still being bothered by mosquitoes, there are many products , Organic Gardening Intro on the market to repel or kill mosquitoes. The available products , Rose Gardening: Water, Sun and Shade range from low-cost items such as lotions and sprays to higher priced solutions such as traps and misters. Along with a range in cost comes a range in effectiveness. Citronella candles and torches are ineffective except in very small areas. One study showed that use of citronella candles resulted in people still being bitten by mosquitoes, but they had half as many bites as those who were not around the candles. Other products , 10 Excellent Tips on Successfully Planting Your Trees and or Shrubs that do not perform well are 'sonic' repelling systems. While these products , Types Of Palm Trees are inexpensive, laboratory studies have shown that they do not work. When looking for lotions or sprays, the Center for Disease , Orchids: A Luxurious Look That's Really Not Hard To Achieve Control recommends selecting those, which contain DEET, picaridin, or lemon eucalyptus. Products , Organic Gardening Intro containing these ingredients can be obtained from most drug stores or home , Stone Garden Benches and garden , A Couple of Good Places to Buy Lawnmowers stores. In addition to the products , Patio Design – Expanding Your Home Outdoors recommended by the CDC, there are also all natural , Design Your Own Rose Garden products available. Lewey's Eco-Blends offers an all-natural product , Patio Design – Expanding Your Home Outdoors that contains essential oils such as rosemary and thyme, which have shown repellent properties. , Edgeworthia Chrysantha Eco-blend comes in bottles for human use and spray bottles for equine use. Always be sure to read the label instructions and follow these instructions carefully. If you would rather choose a more high-tech solution which helps reduce the population of mosquitoes, then you may want to investigate a propane based collection system or a mosquito misting system. The propane collection system works by converting the propane to carbon , Tips On Growing And Caring For Orchids dioxide. The carbon , How to Plan and Successfully Grow Your Tulip Garden dioxide draws the mosquitoes to the unit in the same way your exhaled breath draws mosquitoes to you. In the collection system, the mosquito is 'trapped' in a bag when the pest , You Take The Vacation - Not Your Garden enters the unit. These units need to have their collection bag cleaned frequently and you must change/refill the propane tank. Placement is critical. The units need to be placed downwind of your area and must be moved every time the wind direction shifts. These types of units require a fair amount of human intervention to operate at peak performance so the cost vs. the price should be weighed accordingly. Another high-tech solution that is fairly new to the market, the mosquito mister system is permanently installed around your home. , Orchids: A Luxurious Look That's Really Not Hard To Achieve The system is comprised of a reservoir, pump, , Rose Gardening: Water, Sun and Shade timer, and nozzles. Once the system is installed, it is set to mist a diluted Pyrethrum concentrate, at specified intervals - usually 4 times per day for about 30 seconds each period. The active ingredient in Pyrethrum is Pyrethrin, which is a natural , Enjoy Creating and Growing a Sustainable Garden While Feeding Your Family pesticide made by crushing a special type of chrysanthemum flower , Gardening Tools - An Overview into powder form. The powder is then added to an insecticide, commonly referred to as PBO, to increase the effectiveness of the solution. Misting Systems require only occasional maintenance and refilling, but are priced higher than other options. More advanced mister systems can be equipped with a remote control and variable timing functions in addition to automatic weather , Should You Hire a Landscape Designer? control options. Now that you know how mosquitoes breed and how to , Patio Design – Expanding Your Home Outdoors protect against their bites, don't let them run your life. Take action, tame your outdoors , Orchids: A Luxurious Look That's Really Not Hard To Achieve and enjoy your summer! , Lawn and Garden Care - Simple Tips For Success Bill Hackel is General Manager of http://www.MosquitoMister.com, the top supplier of mosquito misting systems for the do-it-yourself consumer. |
  
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