I must bow in the general direction of the chemical gods that gave us permethrin. Our backyard is a skeeter haven and it's difficult at best to do anything without getting eaten alive. Just the other day the son and I were getting attacked while trying to find his flying disc that was lost over the fence. We never had a problem until the city decided to clear cut the "protected" area behind the house for a drainage ditch. Now it's just a festering cesspool of mosquito spawning. But I digress.
After my last outing I was horrible. There were so many bites it appeared as though I had a bad rash on my hand, knee, and foot. And don't even get me started on the itching. Oooh boy.
I picked up the first thing I could to solve the problem. A quick trip to Wal-Mart got me a 6oz aerosol can of Repel Permanone. I soaked the bottom of the hammock and let it dry. I can attest that after a 2-night backyard trial it worked like a dream. I did get a few bites but none while I was in the hammock. I could hear them I could see them, but they didn't get me.
It was a beautiful sight this Sunday morning when I watched the sunrise and could see the skeeters bouncing angrily between the noseeum netting and the tarp. I just laughed and exhaled more carbon dioxide on them so they'd know what they were missing.
So if you've got skeeter problems, get permethrin. If you don't get the Repel version, Sawyer's makes a non-aerosol and a concentrate for soaking your clothes.
Now if only I could find a solution for keeping the !$!#^%$^@ pine tar off the tarp.
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