Enough With the Flipping RAIN

[Scout]

I feel your pain! We, of course, are in the same boat. I can't STAND how the wetness has made the bugs prolific!!! I was spraying out a playhouse yesterday and tons of earwigs came out of it! I had to spray out my mailbox too and then spray it down with natural pesticide. I hate those bugs, they are the most disgusting bug ever and I think they LOVE the damp mulch. I've never seen so many in my life.

And it's not just the rain but the humidity! I haven't even taken the kids for a walk in ages because it's way too darn muggy!

What is an earwig? a midgee?:confused:

[SilverSabre25]

What is an earwig? a midgee?:confused:

pincer bug? Ugly brown thing looks like a scorpion almost? Small, brown, maybe an inch long?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earwig I'm not going to post a picture, for everyone else's consideration :P

[EchoMom]

Thank goodness we've never had ticks in our yard ever. But I know they're all over other places. When I was pregnant, I had to pull over constantly to vomit in odd places. I ended up with a tick on me a couple times just from puking in bushes or tall grass. After that, I only threw up by the big dumsters on asphalt! We're talking emergency! (I also vomitted in just about every public restroom in the whole city).

[Scout]

pincer bug? Ugly brown thing looks like a scorpion almost? Small, brown, maybe an inch long?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earwig I'm not going to post a picture, for everyone else's consideration :P

Those are gross! I've never seen thesehappyface!!! Silver-I will post a recipe I just saw on FB for tick repellant!

[Scout]

tick repellant

For pets, add 1 cup of water to a spray bottle, followed by 2 cups of distilled white vinegar. Ticks hate the smell and taste of vinegar, and will be easily be repelled by this ingredient alone. Then, add two spoonfuls of vegetable or almond oil, which both contain sulfur (another natural tick repellent).

To make a repellent that will also deter fleas, mix in a few spoonfuls of lemon juice, citrus oil, or peppermint oil, any of which will repel ticks and fleas while also creating a nicely scented repellent. Spray onto the pet's dry coat, staying away from sensitive areas including eyes, nose, mouth, and genitals. When outdoors for an extended period, spray this solution on two to three times per day.

For you and your family:

In a spray bottle, mix 2 cups of distilled white vinegar and 1 cup of water. To make a scented solution so you do not smell like bitter vinegar all day, add 20 drops of your favorite essential oil.

Eucalyptus oil is a calm, soothing scent that also works as a tick repellent, while peppermint and citrus oils give off a strong crisp scent that also repel ticks.

After mixing the solution, spray onto clothing, skin, and hair before going outdoors. Reapply every four hours to keep ticks at bay, and examine your skin and hair when back inside to make sure no ticks are on the body.

[Sunshine74]

The rain has been awful in NY too. And if it is not raining, it is humid as all heck (or both). I said to my husband today that if humans evolve to breath underwater it's will be from breathing all this humid air.

[Cradle2crayons]

It's been very rainy here whole last year. Well, at least we aren't in a burn ban and a water conservation warning right now?

[Familycare71]

The rain has been awful in NY too. And if it is not raining, it is humid as all heck (or both). I said to my husband today that if humans evolve to breath underwater it's will be from breathing all this humid air.

I am in NY too and the humitiy is killing us!! If it is t raining its too dang humid to do anything!! Even my kiddos look at me with pleading eyes to go back into the air conditioning! On the bright side the weather man said soon we should get a break from it!! He better be right!! Lol

[Sunshine74]

I am in NY too and the humitiy is killing us!! If it is t raining its too dang humid to do anything!! Even my kiddos look at me with pleading eyes to go back into the air conditioning! On the bright side the weather man said soon we should get a break from it!! He better be right!! Lol

I hear you about the air conditioning! I jump at the chance to take anyone inside for any reason (potty, boo-boo's, anything), just so I can breathe for a few minutes.

On a side note, I am headed your way this weekend, so hopefully the weather breaks for both of us.

[Familycare71]

I hear you about the air conditioning! I jump at the chance to take anyone inside for any reason (potty, boo-boo's, anything), just so I can breathe for a few minutes.

On a side note, I am headed your way this weekend, so hopefully the weather breaks for both of us.

Yes!!!happyface

[MrsSteinel'sHouse]

I just glanced at my backyard. It is not a yard, it is quickly becoming a jungle! Rainy stormy night. Thunderstorms again today. Tomorrow is suppose to be clear but I probably need a couple of dry days before I can mow! Once it stops raining we will have flooding...

[Scout]

I'm hoping it's done for the day! I want to walk the kids to the library! Our sky looks gray but, hopeful!

[MrsSteinel'sHouse]

Sun is shining on one side of the house and black and gloomy on the other... wonder which will win!
I would love to be able to walk to the library.. I live in a village.

[wahmof3]

I'm in Ohio too....

Holy High Water..... its flooding around here.

Hopefully the rains holds off today, but they are "saying" today should be the last for a while

"Row, row, row your boat....."

[daycarediva]

The rain has been awful in NY too. And if it is not raining, it is humid as all heck (or both). I said to my husband today that if humans evolve to breath underwater it's will be from breathing all this humid air.

I am in NY too and it's sooo bad here that a portion of my yard is blocked off with stakes and orange construction mesh fencing because there is standing water. I am in a higher elevated area, too! What gives!!!

Mosquitos are SOOOOO bad here this year because of the water. My dck's all have at least a few bites, one dcg is just COVERED in them (and not from my house, either!)