On 7 Sep, 10:54, "Uncle Marvo"
wrote:

o encourage spiders. Destroy the webs daily using a feather brush, they will
then build new, more efficient ones in the dusk, ready for the mossies.

Fabulous idea. Thank you Uncle. My youngest shreeks to leave the flies
hanging around alone so that he can catch them to bring them onto a
spider web. I know ... he's a bit dark my youngest ...

o get an electric mossie killer. They really work, you put in a tablet and
plug it in the mains, it releases a gas which kills them (and also many
other smaller flies)
o get an electric swatter. Lots of fun.
o don't bother about mossie repellent. All it does is to mask your smell so
the mossies can't "see" you.

I lit lemon and lavender candles, made from pine resin, which I bring
back from home each year. I always have one on. Seems to work well
though - lemon is better than the citronella stuff, which smells
terrible I think.

o invite friends round, then the biting will be shared equally amongst you
all. They prefer blokes to women, cos blokes don't wear perfume (not the
ones I know, anyway).

))

o scented candles seem to help, outside. You need lots of them. I use lemon
ones cos they have proved to do more good than the citronella ones, and they
smell nicer.

Would you stop repeating what I've said!!! ;o)

There is a lady in Devon who makes them, can't remember her
name!

Mary makes candles, maybe she knows. Mary!?

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Mary makes candles, maybe she knows. Mary!?

I think her name *is* Mary. Perhaps it is the same Mary. I've never been to
her place, I buy them at craft fairs and the like, which usually have a
stall stocking them. They sell the little glasses to put them in, too, which
look nice but are a bu66er to clean out when they get a bit waxy.

One thing I missed out (because mine's broken) is that there is something
called cade, which I believe is the powdered bark? of a French tree, which
you put on a pottery? saucer, light, and then put a pottery? "wizard's hat"
on top of. That worked brilliantly, and had a very pleasant and sophorific
smell too. I bought it at Guilfest years ago, and I haven't seen another
since. If anyone knows where to get one please let me know.

On 7/9/07 12:12, in article , "Uncle Marvo"
wrote:

In reply to ) who wrote this in
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Mary makes candles, maybe she knows. Mary!?

I think her name *is* Mary. Perhaps it is the same Mary. I've never been to
her place, I buy them at craft fairs and the like, which usually have a
stall stocking them. They sell the little glasses to put them in, too, which
look nice but are a bu66er to clean out when they get a bit waxy.

One thing I missed out (because mine's broken) is that there is something
called cade, which I believe is the powdered bark? of a French tree, which
you put on a pottery? saucer, light, and then put a pottery? "wizard's hat"
on top of. That worked brilliantly, and had a very pleasant and sophorific
smell too. I bought it at Guilfest years ago, and I haven't seen another
since. If anyone knows where to get one please let me know.


I don't think they sell candles but try asking these peopole:
http://www.devonguildofcraftsmen.co.uk/


--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
(remove weeds from address)
'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our
children.'

"Uncle Marvo" wrote in message
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Mary makes candles, maybe she knows. Mary!?

I think her name *is* Mary. Perhaps it is the same Mary.

It's not. I don't make cheap (i.e. paraffin) candles and never, ever, put
perfume in the candles I make. Why mask the delightful aroma of beeswax?

I've never been to her place, I buy them at craft fairs and the like,
which usually have a stall stocking them.

We don't go to craft fairs ...

They sell the little glasses to put them in, too, which look nice but are
a bu66er to clean out when they get a bit waxy.

They're called mortars. Warm them in the oven then wipe them out with
kitchen towel.

Mary

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They're called mortars. Warm them in the oven then wipe them out with
kitchen towel.

Thanks for that one!

On Sep 7, 10:54 am, "Uncle Marvo"
wrote:

o scented candles seem to help, outside. You need lots of them. I use lemon
ones cos they have proved to do more good than the citronella ones, and they
smell nicer.

What are citronella ones if not lemon?

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On Sep 7, 10:54 am, "Uncle Marvo"
wrote:

o scented candles seem to help, outside. You need lots of them. I
use lemon ones cos they have proved to do more good than the
citronella ones, and they smell nicer.

What are citronella ones if not lemon?

I don't know. I thonk citronella smells pretty foul, very artificial, like
drinking that sweetener (aspartane?). I suspect it is some chemical or
other, but I know not.

The lemon ones smell of lemon.

On 7 Sep, 13:17, adder1969 wrote:
What are citronella ones if not lemon?

It tells you what it is there - it's from a plant called Cymbopogon,
lemon grass. There's no mention of it being biocidal - but I think
that's why I don't really like it - it's very potent, almost
chemically smelly, if you know what I mean.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citronella_oil

On 7 Sep, 15:30, Martin wrote:
AFAIR only DEET and Citronella were effective mosquito repellants in
scientifically conducted tests

What what?