Have you ever heard of mashing up fern leaves to keep mosquitoes off of you? My former south Louisiana brother-in-law had told me that works pretty well. Rusty remembered that while working on the side of the house the other evening. Evidently, the crushed ferns worked because none landed on his arms or legs.

REV. 1 In answer to Amber's question about which ferns repell the pesky critters, the ones we have growing around our house seem to be the fern known as the Ebony Spleenwort, Asplenium platyneuron, common throughout most of the US. This information came from a website called BACKYARD FERNS. It's the third fern shown on the page. For a link go http://www.backyardnature.n... target='_blank'>HERE

THAI LEMON GRASS found at http://journeytoforever.org... target='_blank'>HERE is said to work too. We have a t-storm so will have to research more later. The name of that page is Handmade Organic Mosquito Repellent (HOMeR). There are other useful plants and ways to fight mosquitoes and diseases listed on that same page.

What other natural items keep them away?