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lirazel ([personal profile] lirazel) wrote2014-04-15 10:25 am
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Anybody know what people historically did to keep bugs away from their gardens/crops back before we started poisoning everything? Or if there are any modern insecticides/insect repellents that someone could make themselves with only basic chemistry skills?
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[identity profile] mollivanders.livejournal.com 2014-04-17 04:42 am (UTC)(link)
We used to leave a few tins of beer out in the garden during the summer - turns out bugs and slugs are NOT teetotalers. They also don't swim.

[identity profile] penny-lane-42.livejournal.com 2014-04-17 02:42 pm (UTC)(link)
Fascinating! Hadn't heard that one before!
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