Looking for some Hillbilly info

[aahorn]

The fish in the pond will keep the mosquitos under control - they eat the larva. Ticks, you'll just have to get used to. The best natural suggestion I've seen for those is to keep nonvenomous snakes around. That will keep the rat/mouse population under control which will give the ticks fewer meals. Not to mention, king snakes will eat the rattlesnakes - twofer!

haha sounds like you need some bats, fish and snakes to kill the little critters.

just get 1 honey badger. sit him down tell him what you need him to kill for some honey. honey badger dont give a shit.

[patrick0685]

Awesome, Charleston is only 45mn away. I've got a trip planned for mid June, so I'll build the bat houses, move in some ducks and see what happens. There is a large flock of turkeys that live there already, so not sure the ducks are gonna help much. I'm thinking the steam/smoke from making some moonshine should help with the bug problem too!

nice...have fun out there, looks like there will be lots of hunting to be had on your new land. Bring me back some shine

[45XD]

"just get 1 honey badger. sit him down tell him what you need him to kill for some honey. honey badger dont give a shit."

hahahahahahahahahahaha

[Nix]

If I remember right, you can plant lemon grass around your house, camp site, whatever. from what I recall spiders, ticks, and mosquitoes all hate it - but it has a small effective area.

[mx'r]

If I remember right, you can plant lemon grass around your house, camp site, whatever. from what I recall spiders, ticks, and mosquitoes all hate it - but it has a small effective area.

I just read up on that, sounds like it works. Thanx

[ChadAmberg]

they make traps for them [japanese beetles] that work really well for like 4/5 bucks

There's actually a... ummm... fungus/spore/bacteria/something that comes in a white powder that you spread around and it eats the larvae. But if you're on a small 1/4 acre lot, won't do you any good, because they'll come in from your neighbor's properties. They need to spray that stuff out of an airplane over hundreds of acres to really make a difference.