Another youtuber, The Millennial Gardener, just had a video on attracting dragonflies to help with mosquito control. They like little places to perch while they watch for prey.
We have bats that circle around our yard almost nightly . Our 3/8 acre is surrounded by tall trees so they literally do laps in between the trees. Its great. Sometimes theyll swoop down close to our heads. We get quite a show!
I used to have a citronella and a lemongrass and the mosquitos literally hid below the leaves constantly. There are studies that show that neither plant deters mosquitos actually, the citronella oil has to be extracted and be concentrated for it to actually ward off mosquitoes. So a candle or a decorative oil lamp or diffuser with the oil is going to help you way more than a plant.
I have to agree. I've had and still have many of the "mosquito repellent" herbs and they made no difference. Some will work if you rub the leaves on skin or place them on the coals while grilling outside, but the plants themselves wouldn't make any difference unless you have enough to really get their scent circulating in the air.
I found the same thing in my experience. Citronella and lemongrass are also both native to zone 8 or higher, so if you live in a colder climate you need to bring them inside over the winter. Mine always died on me when I brought them inside.
Encouraging dragonflies in your garden helps as well. I have seen 2 dragonflies in my garden this year and they have helped me with my mosquitoes but one somehow escaped into my bedroom from the rain last night.
Yesssssss!!! Mosquitos are awful EVERYWHERE in MI this year from all the rain. Anytime I go out to pick things from my garden, I get bombarded by the nasties lol
I planted the southern side of my yard in prairie and as a result I have a ton of birds and predatory insects. The bats are barely coming back after being decimated by white-nose syndrome over a decade ago. I have nest boxes and a bird bath that I clean and refill daily. This time of year I have a lot of dragonfly's that love to perch on my garden stakes. I don't really have much grass anymore as it is mostly clover. I mow between 3 and 4 inches, but never have really had any mosquito problems. I will know when I do. My spouse can be drenched in DEET and still be swarmed by any and every mosquito in a 1 mile radius.
I’m glad to know I’m not the only one experiencing a horrible mosquito problem this year. I have to use nearly a full can of OFF all over myself before I go outside each day. If I don’t, I’m COVERED in bites within minutes. It’s miserable!
I need bat houses! That’s my goal for next year! I’d much rather have bats than mosquito’s! I’m allergic to skeeters too! I’ll not water at night anymore….didn’t know that skeeters like the evening watering….it was more comfortable for me….I can change! Most of my garden is on my deck….yes, changes will be made soon!!! Thank you as always Luke! ❤
FOR THE MRS. I am really sensitive too but found this to help. For bites pour a little meat tenderizer in your palm at a couple drops of water mix and rub onto bite and leave it. It scratches it and draws out the swelling.
I'm super allergic too and find caladryl works great. It has to be the pink stuff; the clear quick drying stuff is useless. If I apply heavily within a few minutes of being bitten, it will keep the infection from getting too bad.
With all the rain we've been having there have been lots of mosquitos this summer. I rarely see a bat around, maybe because there are lots of hawks and owls that might eat them. I am growing Spearmint both for cooking and also to keep pests away. On another topic; I made home fries tonight from my 10 little miniature Russet potatoes I grew from 5 store-bought large ones. I was kind of disappointed at first when I pulled them out of the soil because they were small and hard, but when I fried them they were great! They fried much better than the store bought ones and had this almost fluffy lightness about them; crisp on the outside and soft on the inside! I can just imagine how ones from real seed potatoes would taste if these were so good! I will definitely be growing some more batches as long as I can this year!
I have at least 1 bat that has decided to live outside my front door. My neighbors have mosquitoes but I don’t. I have a plastic box that sits under the bats area and collect the guano for my plants. I love the bats and they love their home. It’s a win-win.
YES! This year has been horrible. I wear long sleeves, long pants and still have to spray. I hate using OFF, but only thing I found that worked. I tried several natural sprays, the mosquitos laughed.
I have to use Ranger Ready later in the season to repel mosquitos as the EO based ones are not strong enough. Planting lemongrass in 2 areas of our veggie gardens, in addition to herbs, have drastically reduced mosquitos.
@@candyackley1255 lots of flowers and perches. Flowers attract predator bugs. So the more you can keep in bloom through the season, the better. They also like to land and survey their hunting ground from elevation. Clothes lines and the likes work well. An odd bamboo stake stuck in the ground here and there seems to be a favorite in my yard. They also need standing water to reproduce, same as mosquitos. But if the dragonflies are there laying eggs, the mosquitoes are not
Just came across AuSable in searching for growing tea... saw the thumbnail, was like that guy looks familiar :). You had quite the collection of videos over there.
Also FYI, mosquitos LOVE tomato plants. For years now, I've noticed a huge congregation of them in my 4 rows of tomatoes compared to the rest of the garden and farm. So if you're going out to tend to your tomatoes, suit up!
I am like Mrs. MI and get welts which is an allergic reaction to their saliva. I tried this this year: heat a spoon in a cup of very hot water. Once you can stand the heat from the spoon place it against welt. The saliva breaks down in temps above body temp. I have to do it a few times so it takes a minute or two. Afterwards the itch has gone down to a very lower level. And i dont itch on them for days as they just calm down.
We live about an hour north of you guys (not accounting for the border wait), and I can confirm that this is the worst year I've ever experienced for mosquitoes. Definitely looking into a bat house!
That’s crazy! I’m in northwest Michigan and I sit outside, every night, under our covered patio until well past dark. I think I’ve seen 3 mosquitoes this year. 🤷♀️ But, we have a big red barn and a few bat houses. Last year, we had a ton of skeeters - same barn and same houses.
Getting a Dynatrap a few years ago has significantly reduced mosquitos in my yard. I put a new bulb in every year and get it set up in early spring. I change the bulb mid season. Many other great, natural tips here, per usual!
I've lived among mosquitoes all of my life. I suspect that I have acquired immunity to a mosquito bite. I watch them land on my arm, take a jab and it does not itch afterwards. Still, mosquitoes carry heartworm larvae, infecting dogs. Amazing, how mosquitoes arrive every Spring in Northern Michigan just in time for the birds to catch and feed their babies with.
We live in SE Wisconsin and have had a great population of bats this year. They come out from the pond area at the end of our street and fly over our yard. We are outside most every night and watch them fly about, probably 15 or so at a time. We still have mosquitoes but they are not ravenous like some years.
For us in our location in northern NJ it used to rare that we would find a mosquito inside of our home, however this summer we find one or two every two days or so, & sometimes daily! Eeeek! I have no problem with bats, would love to have them around.
Also, check your yard carefully for containers with standing water and dump those. I get mosquito larva in big pot saucers when the water doesn't dry out between waterings. And use BT mosquito dunks in water features. The organic-approved bacilli in those kill the the larva.
I save up rain in barrels to water my garden, and I add dishsoap to the water, which is another option to kill the mosquito larvae. Agitate the water every so often to ensure they drown. The soap doesn't affect the soil, other than to make it slightly more alkaline.
I also have drainage catch basins for the water from my downspouts to travel away from my house. I put the BT dunks in there as well since it will always have a small puddle in it.
Luke, your wife has what is called Skeeter syndrome. I developed it this year never had a problem before. Lots of fresh lemon water swab with vinegar or alcohol immediately, pray a lot, and a herbal arnica gel worked for me finally to reduce the intense itching.
I have found that sunblock keeps mosquitoes off me. I grow alot of herbs, basil, dill, lemongrass, lemon balm, but we r in a wet humid area. My husband puts of bug spray and gets eaten and i use sunblock and no nibbles.
Decorative ponds helped at 2 old houses. Fish eat the eggs. Could sit by the pond and not be bothered. I'm getting red dots from these darn things now. Bat house fell with the tree though saw very few here. Tempted to get a beekeeper hat. Wear lightweight long sleeves and pants. Garden is near done though.
I got itchy just watching this! If there's a single mosquito out there, it will somehow find me. I did not know that they could breed without standing water! Also, I used to love watching the bats fly around at dusk!
They are so bad!! I can douse myself in bug spray and they will just bite me through my clothes! And i am one of those that get hige welts from the bite. My husband thinks im crazy for taking up gardening when im so allergic lol but never once has he discouraged me from it
We have a ton of dragon flies zooming around the yard until the bats come out and there still seems to be a bunch more mosquitos that ever before. At least the dragon flies, bats and i guess even the mosquitos are well fed this year 😂
I won’t say the fear is irrational, but I would say it is incredibly unlikely. The odds by normal bat are mind blowingly low. Like very very low. So low that it shouldn’t be a concern.
@@MIgardener I get that. I often was most scared when they swoop down for a drink when I'm in the pool 😂 I guess I should look up statistics and try to approach it logically as you have.
I have a 1.5 acre natural seasonal pond on my property that is an absolute breeding ground for mosquitoes. There's no stopping them short of some serious changes that the government won't approve. I am lucky that I was eaten alive by mosquitoes so bad in the Army that my body doesn't react to the bites anymore. They buzz in my face and are annoying but I guess I have some tolerance to whatever they inject.
Bats like moths. I can walk out in my back yard at night in the summer, look over the roof of my cabin to my front yard, where my dawn-to-dusk light is shining and watch hundreds of shadows of bats fly over my head to feast on the variety of moths attracted to that light.
The bats have been decimated, in the last couple of years, with white nose syndrome. It has wiped out most of North America's, not just the USA, bat species. Very sad. I miss them.
You left out the best tip to keep mosquitos from biting you: Bring a friend they like better. I live in Houston Tx, which is literally built on a flood plane/swamp. Plenty of years, we don't get a freeze during the winter, so the little bastards don't get culled at all. One of the few benefits to 2 months of drought and 100+ degree weather is they died back a lot, but we got some rain over the last few days and they'll be back in force soon. I am very allergic to mosquito bites; I've had my arm swell up like someone injected a golf ball under the skin (usually they're smaller but still large, angry and painful). I can't stick my nose outside without drowning myself in mosquito spray for most of the year. I hate the stuff, it stinks and is slimy and burns my skin sometimes, but nothing else works. Mosquitos love me and will swarm me and ignore everyone else if I'm outside unprotected. I've heard different things about citronella plants being effective. I suppose it can't hurt to grow a big cluster next year. Anything helps. I'd also suggest looking for any standing water and getting rid of that. This could be a bird bath or just low spots in your yard that don't drain well. Mosquito dunks are very effective.
Luke I know what Your talking about Mosquitos are a gardeners nightmare I dislike them I allways plant hurbs that repeal Mosquitos and as fare as the bat houses I well have to try building one sometime
I went low carb eating 5 years ago and besides losing 150lbs I also don’t get bit by mosquitoes. I’ll actually see them fly around me & then land on me & hesitate to bite me.
Another youtuber, The Millennial Gardener, just had a video on attracting dragonflies to help with mosquito control. They like little places to perch while they watch for prey.
We have bats that circle around our yard almost nightly . Our 3/8 acre is surrounded by tall trees so they literally do laps in between the trees. Its great. Sometimes theyll swoop down close to our heads. We get quite a show!
Sounds awesome
I used to have a citronella and a lemongrass and the mosquitos literally hid below the leaves constantly. There are studies that show that neither plant deters mosquitos actually, the citronella oil has to be extracted and be concentrated for it to actually ward off mosquitoes. So a candle or a decorative oil lamp or diffuser with the oil is going to help you way more than a plant.
I have to agree. I've had and still have many of the "mosquito repellent" herbs and they made no difference. Some will work if you rub the leaves on skin or place them on the coals while grilling outside, but the plants themselves wouldn't make any difference unless you have enough to really get their scent circulating in the air.
I found the same thing in my experience. Citronella and lemongrass are also both native to zone 8 or higher, so if you live in a colder climate you need to bring them inside over the winter. Mine always died on me when I brought them inside.
Encouraging dragonflies in your garden helps as well. I have seen 2 dragonflies in my garden this year and they have helped me with my mosquitoes but one somehow escaped into my bedroom from the rain last night.
Yesssssss!!! Mosquitos are awful EVERYWHERE in MI this year from all the rain. Anytime I go out to pick things from my garden, I get bombarded by the nasties lol
My wife and I were just talking about this; and in our area they seem smaller and faster. I know my slapping success rate has decreased!😅
They are not even waiting for the sun to go down this year!
@@juliefreeman-urbaniak4965 EXACTLY!! Grrrrrr
@@RalferiusRex hahahahaha!🤣
I planted the southern side of my yard in prairie and as a result I have a ton of birds and predatory insects. The bats are barely coming back after being decimated by white-nose syndrome over a decade ago. I have nest boxes and a bird bath that I clean and refill daily. This time of year I have a lot of dragonfly's that love to perch on my garden stakes. I don't really have much grass anymore as it is mostly clover. I mow between 3 and 4 inches, but never have really had any mosquito problems. I will know when I do. My spouse can be drenched in DEET and still be swarmed by any and every mosquito in a 1 mile radius.
Thank you. VERY allergic to mosquito bites. God Bless and stay safe.
I bought a hat with a screen it's the best!!
I’m glad to know I’m not the only one experiencing a horrible mosquito problem this year. I have to use nearly a full can of OFF all over myself before I go outside each day. If I don’t, I’m COVERED in bites within minutes. It’s miserable!
It’s horrific this year. I’ve never seen it like this.
I need bat houses! That’s my goal for next year! I’d much rather have bats than mosquito’s! I’m allergic to skeeters too! I’ll not water at night anymore….didn’t know that skeeters like the evening watering….it was more comfortable for me….I can change! Most of my garden is on my deck….yes, changes will be made soon!!! Thank you as always Luke!
❤
FOR THE MRS. I am really sensitive too but found this to help. For bites pour a little meat tenderizer in your palm at a couple drops of water mix and rub onto bite and leave it. It scratches it and draws out the swelling.
I'm super allergic too and find caladryl works great. It has to be the pink stuff; the clear quick drying stuff is useless. If I apply heavily within a few minutes of being bitten, it will keep the infection from getting too bad.
Thank you for this info!
With all the rain we've been having there have been lots of mosquitos this summer. I rarely see a bat around, maybe because there are lots of hawks and owls that might eat them. I am growing Spearmint both for cooking and also to keep pests away.
On another topic; I made home fries tonight from my 10 little miniature Russet potatoes I grew from 5 store-bought large ones. I was kind of disappointed at first when I pulled them out of the soil because they were small and hard, but when I fried them they were great! They fried much better than the store bought ones and had this almost fluffy lightness about them; crisp on the outside and soft on the inside! I can just imagine how ones from real seed potatoes would taste if these were so good! I will definitely be growing some more batches as long as I can this year!
Needed this - mosquitoes are pretty bad in the garden, even as the temps drop!
Dragonflies are great as well. I have quite a few that enjoy my garden.
I have at least 1 bat that has decided to live outside my front door. My neighbors have mosquitoes but I don’t. I have a plastic box that sits under the bats area and collect the guano for my plants.
I love the bats and they love their home. It’s a win-win.
YES! This year has been horrible. I wear long sleeves, long pants and still have to spray. I hate using OFF, but only thing I found that worked. I tried several natural sprays, the mosquitos laughed.
I have to use Ranger Ready later in the season to repel mosquitos as the EO based ones are not strong enough. Planting lemongrass in 2 areas of our veggie gardens, in addition to herbs, have drastically reduced mosquitos.
I totally agree with you about the bat houses!
Dragonflies are another great mosquito eater If you can encourage them to your garden
Amen
And so entertaining watching the air combat dog fights they get into!
We love dragonflies and dislike mosquitoes 😆 How do you encourage dragonflies? ❤️❤️
@@candyackley1255 lots of flowers and perches. Flowers attract predator bugs. So the more you can keep in bloom through the season, the better.
They also like to land and survey their hunting ground from elevation. Clothes lines and the likes work well. An odd bamboo stake stuck in the ground here and there seems to be a favorite in my yard.
They also need standing water to reproduce, same as mosquitos. But if the dragonflies are there laying eggs, the mosquitoes are not
@@baldyeti thank you! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
I planted so many sweet potatoes this year and was over run by skeeters this year! Now I know why!
Just came across AuSable in searching for growing tea... saw the thumbnail, was like that guy looks familiar :). You had quite the collection of videos over there.
I grow herbs around my garden and plant marigolds throughout also.
Also FYI, mosquitos LOVE tomato plants. For years now, I've noticed a huge congregation of them in my 4 rows of tomatoes compared to the rest of the garden and farm. So if you're going out to tend to your tomatoes, suit up!
I am like Mrs. MI and get welts which is an allergic reaction to their saliva. I tried this this year: heat a spoon in a cup of very hot water. Once you can stand the heat from the spoon place it against welt. The saliva breaks down in temps above body temp. I have to do it a few times so it takes a minute or two. Afterwards the itch has gone down to a very lower level. And i dont itch on them for days as they just calm down.
Great video! Thanks for the info and love the hair! :)
We live about an hour north of you guys (not accounting for the border wait), and I can confirm that this is the worst year I've ever experienced for mosquitoes. Definitely looking into a bat house!
Build bat houses and crime may also go down in your area.
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Nananananananananananana.....
Good one😂
Lol😂😂😂
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I know it was for comic relief, but seeing you smack yourself was really funny.
That’s crazy! I’m in northwest Michigan and I sit outside, every night, under our covered patio until well past dark. I think I’ve seen 3 mosquitoes this year. 🤷♀️ But, we have a big red barn and a few bat houses. Last year, we had a ton of skeeters - same barn and same houses.
Lucky!
Getting a Dynatrap a few years ago has significantly reduced mosquitos in my yard. I put a new bulb in every year and get it set up in early spring. I change the bulb mid season. Many other great, natural tips here, per usual!
the mosquitos are so bad your hair turned color
😊 Looks snazzy!
I've lived among mosquitoes all of my life. I suspect that I have acquired immunity to a mosquito bite. I watch them land on my arm, take a jab and it does not itch afterwards. Still, mosquitoes carry heartworm larvae, infecting dogs. Amazing, how mosquitoes arrive every Spring in Northern Michigan just in time for the birds to catch and feed their babies with.
We live in SE Wisconsin and have had a great population of bats this year. They come out from the pond area at the end of our street and fly over our yard. We are outside most every night and watch them fly about, probably 15 or so at a time. We still have mosquitoes but they are not ravenous like some years.
For us in our location in northern NJ it used to rare that we would find a mosquito inside of our home, however this summer we find one or two every two days or so, & sometimes daily! Eeeek! I have no problem with bats, would love to have them around.
Also, check your yard carefully for containers with standing water and dump those. I get mosquito larva in big pot saucers when the water doesn't dry out between waterings. And use BT mosquito dunks in water features. The organic-approved bacilli in those kill the the larva.
I save up rain in barrels to water my garden, and I add dishsoap to the water, which is another option to kill the mosquito larvae. Agitate the water every so often to ensure they drown. The soap doesn't affect the soil, other than to make it slightly more alkaline.
I also have drainage catch basins for the water from my downspouts to travel away from my house. I put the BT dunks in there as well since it will always have a small puddle in it.
@@FrozEnbyWolf150Be mindful of the earth worms when you water your plants with the soapy water. Soap is an irritant for them.
Look up Plantain salves for bites. Put up some solar light up high to draw bugs, draw bugs draw bats.
Luke, your wife has what is called Skeeter syndrome. I developed it this year never had a problem before. Lots of fresh lemon water swab with vinegar or alcohol immediately, pray a lot, and a herbal arnica gel worked for me finally to reduce the intense itching.
I heard that dragonflies help with mosquitoes as well.
Grow flowers, more and more flowers. The more varieties the better to attract as many predatory insects as possible
Use vanilla extract as a repellent
I reduce mosquitoes here in Nebraska by:
1) Cussing
2) Taking B vitamins (they hate biting B vitamins coming thru your skin)
3) And doing what he says
I have found that sunblock keeps mosquitoes off me. I grow alot of herbs, basil, dill, lemongrass, lemon balm, but we r in a wet humid area. My husband puts of bug spray and gets eaten and i use sunblock and no nibbles.
I love bats!
Decorative ponds helped at 2 old houses. Fish eat the eggs. Could sit by the pond and not be bothered. I'm getting red dots from these darn things now. Bat house fell with the tree though saw very few here. Tempted to get a beekeeper hat. Wear lightweight long sleeves and pants. Garden is near done though.
Bamboo stakes to attract dragonflies
There was a fugus that was killing bats. I don't know if is still going on, but it did kill a lot of bats
I remember tons of bats 🦇 as a child, but I never see one as a adult. I’m glad you shared information on bats- they do get a bad rap.
I got itchy just watching this! If there's a single mosquito out there, it will somehow find me. I did not know that they could breed without standing water! Also, I used to love watching the bats fly around at dusk!
We installed bat boxes. Got no takers. We have bats in the neighborhood but they prefer the oak trees.
A few years ago, there were lots of bats every evening. I used to go outside and watch them. Last year and this year I have not seen one bat. So sad.
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The first couple of mosquito bites itch. Then, either they don't bite me, or they bite but I'm resistant.
They are so bad!! I can douse myself in bug spray and they will just bite me through my clothes! And i am one of those that get hige welts from the bite. My husband thinks im crazy for taking up gardening when im so allergic lol but never once has he discouraged me from it
We have a ton of dragon flies zooming around the yard until the bats come out and there still seems to be a bunch more mosquitos that ever before. At least the dragon flies, bats and i guess even the mosquitos are well fed this year 😂
Bats are indeed scary because of the rabies. Any way to prevent this from being a fear?
I won’t say the fear is irrational, but I would say it is incredibly unlikely. The odds by normal bat are mind blowingly low. Like very very low. So low that it shouldn’t be a concern.
@@MIgardener I get that. I often was most scared when they swoop down for a drink when I'm in the pool 😂 I guess I should look up statistics and try to approach it logically as you have.
I have all the herbs you mentioned all through my garden. I still get eaten alive!😢
I think they’re worse now than all summer.
It's like a tropical jungle here in WNY . Biggest pests are humans that kill everything I'm trying to atract😂😢
I have a 1.5 acre natural seasonal pond on my property that is an absolute breeding ground for mosquitoes. There's no stopping them short of some serious changes that the government won't approve. I am lucky that I was eaten alive by mosquitoes so bad in the Army that my body doesn't react to the bites anymore. They buzz in my face and are annoying but I guess I have some tolerance to whatever they inject.
Bats really don’t go after mosquitoes
Bats like moths. I can walk out in my back yard at night in the summer, look over the roof of my cabin to my front yard, where my dawn-to-dusk light is shining and watch hundreds of shadows of bats fly over my head to feast on the variety of moths attracted to that light.
Yes a lot of mosquitoes have been released..grow citronella around them too
The bats have been decimated, in the last couple of years, with white nose syndrome. It has wiped out most of North America's, not just the USA, bat species. Very sad. I miss them.
You left out the best tip to keep mosquitos from biting you: Bring a friend they like better.
I live in Houston Tx, which is literally built on a flood plane/swamp. Plenty of years, we don't get a freeze during the winter, so the little bastards don't get culled at all. One of the few benefits to 2 months of drought and 100+ degree weather is they died back a lot, but we got some rain over the last few days and they'll be back in force soon.
I am very allergic to mosquito bites; I've had my arm swell up like someone injected a golf ball under the skin (usually they're smaller but still large, angry and painful). I can't stick my nose outside without drowning myself in mosquito spray for most of the year. I hate the stuff, it stinks and is slimy and burns my skin sometimes, but nothing else works. Mosquitos love me and will swarm me and ignore everyone else if I'm outside unprotected.
I've heard different things about citronella plants being effective. I suppose it can't hurt to grow a big cluster next year. Anything helps.
I'd also suggest looking for any standing water and getting rid of that. This could be a bird bath or just low spots in your yard that don't drain well. Mosquito dunks are very effective.
Luke I know what Your talking about Mosquitos are a gardeners nightmare I dislike them I allways plant hurbs that repeal Mosquitos and as fare as the bat houses I well have to try building one sometime
No Mosquitoes in BC Canada, forest fires killed them, amongst other things
Often thought of a bat house; If i don't have bats in the area now how will a bat house bring them back?
Strange we talk about how to reduce instead you have lots of on your garden ???
I heard dragonflies eat mosquitoes!
The mosquitos are certainly bad this year, but I feel like last year was the worst I've ever seen
I have bats living in my attic and yet my garden has so many mosquitos. Slackers.
So, let me get this straight, you have done all the things you are telling us about, yet you still 1000's of mosquitoes.
It’s dramatically less than it would be. The title is “reduce” not “remove” mosquitos to be fair.
I used a bat in my garden. I don’t know about mosquitoes, but our mean rooster isn’t coming after anyone now.
The rooster went to “freezer camp.” He was delicious.
I went low carb eating 5 years ago and besides losing 150lbs I also don’t get bit by mosquitoes. I’ll actually see them fly around me & then land on me & hesitate to bite me.
Sorry I can’t handle the blonde
Sorry
Thanks Luke! Greats tips!