Comments on: Organic Fly Control http://www.homesteaderlife.christianagrarian.com/2008/07/26/organic-fly-control/ Christian Agrarian Counterculture Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:00:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: Scott Terry http://www.homesteaderlife.christianagrarian.com/2008/07/26/organic-fly-control/#comment-16104 Scott Terry Fri, 01 Aug 2008 09:34:12 +0000 http://www.homesteaderlife.christianagrarian.com/2008/07/26/organic-fly-control/#comment-16104 Hi Cheri Blackcaps are what we call black raspberries in this part of country(well the hill folks do anyway). I figured you might a have your own "anti fly brew" :) The lemongrass was the first thing I smelled in this stuff. Its worth putting lemongrass in just for the smell IMO. Hope you and the boys are having a good summer. Hi Cheri

Blackcaps are what we call black raspberries in this part of country(well the hill folks do anyway).

I figured you might a have your own “anti fly brew” :) The lemongrass was the first thing I smelled in this stuff. Its worth putting lemongrass in just for the smell IMO. Hope you and the boys are having a good summer.

]]> By: Cheri Shelnutt http://www.homesteaderlife.christianagrarian.com/2008/07/26/organic-fly-control/#comment-16100 Cheri Shelnutt Thu, 31 Jul 2008 03:11:34 +0000 http://www.homesteaderlife.christianagrarian.com/2008/07/26/organic-fly-control/#comment-16100 Hi Scott, Ok...I have to ask...what are blackcaps? Sounds like a great oil - I make something very similar but I have pennyroyal and citronella in it...I make tweak it a bit and add the lemongrass or a few of the others. Thanks for sharing!!! Hi Scott,
Ok…I have to ask…what are blackcaps?

Sounds like a great oil - I make something very similar but I have pennyroyal and citronella in it…I make tweak it a bit and add the lemongrass or a few of the others.

Thanks for sharing!!!

]]> By: Scott Terry http://www.homesteaderlife.christianagrarian.com/2008/07/26/organic-fly-control/#comment-16079 Scott Terry Mon, 28 Jul 2008 09:22:38 +0000 http://www.homesteaderlife.christianagrarian.com/2008/07/26/organic-fly-control/#comment-16079 Hi Gwen Good to hear from you. I remember that we didn't have to many flies that summer you we're out. I also remember it was awful hot for June something like 91 the day you guys came. Thats funny, the boys were just talking about Charlie the other day. They were reminiscing every detail of their time together. Tell Mark I said Hello. Garth You just spray it on the cow before milking. Some of those ingredients repel flies and at least one kills the buggers dead (soybean oil-I think). It smells very nice too, not like the toxic poisons that could gag a magot. Hi Gwen

Good to hear from you. I remember that we didn’t have to many flies that summer you we’re out. I also remember it was awful hot for June something like 91 the day you guys came. Thats funny, the boys were just talking about Charlie the other day. They were reminiscing every detail of their time together. Tell Mark I said Hello.

Garth

You just spray it on the cow before milking. Some of those ingredients repel flies and at least one kills the buggers dead (soybean oil-I think). It smells very nice too, not like the toxic poisons that could gag a magot.

]]> By: garth http://www.homesteaderlife.christianagrarian.com/2008/07/26/organic-fly-control/#comment-16073 garth Sun, 27 Jul 2008 04:08:47 +0000 http://www.homesteaderlife.christianagrarian.com/2008/07/26/organic-fly-control/#comment-16073 Great tip. It's useful information like this that is helping me to wrap my mind around this journey of taking care of animals. Do you just spray right before milking? And what is it about the product that the flies don't like? Great tip. It’s useful information like this that is helping me to wrap my mind around this journey of taking care of animals. Do you just spray right before milking? And what is it about the product that the flies don’t like?

]]> By: gwen http://www.homesteaderlife.christianagrarian.com/2008/07/26/organic-fly-control/#comment-16072 gwen Sun, 27 Jul 2008 01:57:26 +0000 http://www.homesteaderlife.christianagrarian.com/2008/07/26/organic-fly-control/#comment-16072 Flies! That's what I remember about visiting your milk parlor - no flies. I was seriously impressed and it was such a difference from the conventional milk parlor that we spent so much time at that summer. Sorry to hear about your fly trouble though, I'd give you some hens to cut down on the pesky buggers if I could. Tell your boys that Charlie says hi. :) Flies! That’s what I remember about visiting your milk parlor - no flies. I was seriously impressed and it was such a difference from the conventional milk parlor that we spent so much time at that summer.

Sorry to hear about your fly trouble though, I’d give you some hens to cut down on the pesky buggers if I could.

Tell your boys that Charlie says hi. :)

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