Try Fabric Softener Sheets for Repelling Mosquitoes

We're ending what became 'Bug Week' Here with 1 more
Helpful Hint
about
Keeping Bugs Away!

I first wrote about this last year
on my Mom Blog,
BananaBlueberry...  Here it is:

 I’m sure a lot of you have heard this before: 

Fabric Softener Sheets will repel mosquitoes.  

Instructions say to tie a ribbon of fabric softener around a belt buckle and mosquitoes will vanish.

I looked on the web about this and lots of people say it doesn’t work,

On the Other Hand, my mother, who does a lot of gardening, swears by it;

She wears two sheets when in the garden.

(Try tucking 1 or 2 underneath bra straps).

So the answer is: everyone’s skin is different,

I think, and I'm not a dermatologist, that they work depending on your skin make-up, 

how much oil or dryness, yada, yada, yada...

 so it may work for you,

So give it a try!

Or just use OFF! Familycare, Smooth & Dry- Powder Dry Fomula,

I use this and I love it-

Just make sure you get the Powder Dry Formula!

Get Rid of Bugs Around Your Backyard... and Deck... and Eating Area

Wanna Get Rid of Flies
and Gnats
and Mosquitoes?
Yes, we all do!

Here's your answer!
I first heard about this solution last year, and blogged about it on my mom blog,
BananaBlueberry.  Basically, here's what you do-

Fill up clear plastic bags with water, close them, and sit them on tables, or around your deck to keep bugs away.  Make sure they are in the sun; the light hitting the water is confusing to flies and bugs in general, and creates a prism- creating a bug-free zone!

But wait, there's more!  I looked this up on the web and found a great video about it on eHow...
Put a couple of pennies in the little plastic bags filled with water- this makes the prisms even more confusing to bugs!  Hang them in trees around your party area, or eating area and all bugs will be gone,
again, you'll have a bug-free zone!

** Just make sure to take down and collect the plastic bags when you go inside- we don't want to leave plastic outside that squirrels or birds or other wildlife could harm themselves with!

Happy De-Bugging!