Re: [IceHorses] Blah! Black Flies!!

2008-05-17 Thread Virginia Tupper
On Sat, May 17, 2008 at 10:11 AM, Dee Dreslough <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Here are some options: > http://www.campmor.com/outdoor/gear/Category___307__ >> http://www.campmor.com/outdoor/gear/Product___31298 > Thanks for the links. This afternoon I had to drive my daughter to a birthday party

Re: [IceHorses] Blah! Black Flies!!

2008-05-17 Thread Virginia Tupper
On Sat, May 17, 2008 at 7:56 AM, Ashley Gallant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > Clean up any places where the bugs can hide(old > leaves, they LOVE cedar trees, brush piles) around > where you like to walk. And you might look into > getting some "mosquito dunks" for any standing water > (like your

Re: [IceHorses] Blah! Black Flies!!

2008-05-17 Thread Dee Dreslough
Virginia Tupper wrote: > Hubby and I went for a walk tonight after supper on our wooded trail > and we were swarmed by black flies! I could > probably find some wearable netting in garden and/or fishing > departments--what do the rest of your wear? Here are some options: http://www.campmor.com/o

Re: [IceHorses] Blah! Black Flies!!

2008-05-17 Thread Ashley Gallant
>>--- Virginia Tupper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hubby and I went for a walk tonight after supper on our wooded trail and we were swarmed by black flies!<< Virginia, Take heart! Once the dragonflies and bats (you might want to put up somebat houses around the edges of the fields to encourage t

Re: [IceHorses] Blah! Black Flies!!

2008-05-17 Thread Wanda Lauscher
2008/5/17 Virginia Tupper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Must look into one of those...but what about riding away from the zapper area? > V Do you have wet areas that you ride through? They hatch in water. Wanda

Re: [IceHorses] Blah! Black Flies!!

2008-05-17 Thread Virginia Tupper
On Sat, May 17, 2008 at 10:05 AM, Wanda Lauscher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 2008/5/17 Virginia Tupper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> Thank you. Do you wear those? > > I have a jacket that I rarely use. We purchased a bug zapper and that > appears to look after the black flies after a few days... > Mu

Re: [IceHorses] Blah! Black Flies!!

2008-05-17 Thread Wanda Lauscher
2008/5/17 Virginia Tupper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Thank you. Do you wear those? I have a jacket that I rarely use. We purchased a bug zapper and that appears to look after the black flies after a few days... Wanda

Re: [IceHorses] Blah! Black Flies!!

2008-05-17 Thread Virginia Tupper
On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 10:55 PM, Wanda Lauscher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > http://www.leevalley.com/garden/page.aspx?c=1&p=10292&cat=2,42407,33240 > > Wanda > Thank you. Do you wear those? V

Re: [IceHorses] Blah! Black Flies!!

2008-05-16 Thread Pat Grimmer
If you go here... http://www.flugnir.50megs.com/photo.html and scroll down to the 7th picture in the left hand column, you will see Raven, Billie-Jo and I wearing our netting to keep the gnats out of our faces at a CMO a couple of years ago. They are really quite inexpensive and work quite we

Re: [IceHorses] Blah! Black Flies!!

2008-05-16 Thread Wanda Lauscher
2008/5/16 Virginia Tupper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > while he was bracing the corner posts in the pasture. I could > probably find some wearable netting in garden and/or fishing > departments--what do the rest of your wear? (I'd prefer not to spray > myself with chemicals.) Here you go... http://ww

Re: [IceHorses] Blah! Black Flies!!

2008-05-16 Thread Nancy Sturm
Yes. She uses it for the horses and it did keep the bees off Hunter (and me) last year at Headwaters. If I remember correctly, there's not a thing in it that would prevent using it on people. I had it taped to my computer tower all winter but I guess I tidied up and moved it. Nancy

Re: [IceHorses] Blah! Black Flies!!

2008-05-16 Thread susan cooper
--- Nancy Sturm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Amber Applegate on the gaited endurance list has a > wonderful > herbal/Skin-so-Soft concoction. I lose the recipe > annually, but she'd > probably post it again if someone would ask. Is this for horses and people? The stuff that kept the bees of

Re: [IceHorses] Blah! Black Flies!!

2008-05-16 Thread susan cooper
--- Virginia Tupper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm hoping I'll be able to find that netting that I > can wear with a > hat or put over my helmet. If anyone has a link, I'm interested, too! I hate gnats in my ears and they also get in my eyelashes! I look like a geek as it is when I ride in m

Re: [IceHorses] Blah! Black Flies!!

2008-05-16 Thread Nancy Sturm
Amber Applegate on the gaited endurance list has a wonderful herbal/Skin-so-Soft concoction. I lose the recipe annually, but she'd probably post it again if someone would ask. Nancy

Re: [IceHorses] Blah! Black Flies!!

2008-05-16 Thread Virginia Tupper
On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 10:10 PM, susan cooper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Then, 15 minutes after that, > my lips were numb! I think I applied too much! I had > so much deet on, my face was white! Yuck! That's not good! I'm hoping I'll be able to find that netting that I can wear with a ha

Re: [IceHorses] Blah! Black Flies!!

2008-05-16 Thread susan cooper
--- Virginia Tupper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>what do the rest of your wear? (I'd > prefer not to spray > myself with chemicals.) I don't blame you about the chemicals. On yesterday's ride, the mosquitoes and gnats were so bad, I sprayed myself 1/2 way thru the ride (I carry a travel sp