07-04-2009, 07:23 PM
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Isn't it too early for midges?
Gordon H wrote:
In message , Bobbie
writes
Aries wrote:
On Tue, 07 Apr 2009 09:22:29 +0100, Sacha wrote:
On 7/4/09 08:16, in article ,
"aries" wrote:
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They're out in small clouds here, Val but I haven't been bitten.
You must
be particularly tasty! I think the only answer is a repellent that
you
know works well for you. I never wear perfume when I'm working in the
garden, partly because I don't want to attract bees (I wear floral or
citrus-y scents) and also because of its reaction with the skin in
sunlight.
I don't know if you wear a perfume but if so, wonder if it might be
better
not to!
I do wear perfume but also anti persperants and shower gels might
also be
an attraction
They don't seem to have reached us here in Dorset. I have never been
bothered by them, nor by the mozzies that gather round the pond. I
often smell of horses and goats, and always of dogs, perhaps that is why.
Bobbie:-)
T.M.I. I've just gorn orf you!
Darlink, nothing more earthy than leather and hay. The rest is but a
heap on the compost.
Bobbie;-)
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