Is OK okay for us? (Tulsa, Norman: house, universities, organic)

[TheComputerGuy]

Originally Posted by jessaka

I have bug spray, but I only spray it on my clothes. whenever a tick bites you CG write down the date of being bite. the doctor will need that info. if you get ill. read up on tick fever so you will know the symptoms. best to spray yourself and not get sick. last year the doctor's offices were filled with tick fever patients.

For the yard, for mosquitoes I just read that Listerine sprayed all over really works. I have yet to try it.

I have enough problems...
The last thing we need are tick-borne ailments.
GP and schousse haven't died yet...
That's always a GOOD sign.

As much as I dislike poisoning myself,
I suppose picking up some spray might be a prudent thing to do...
Or maybe I'll just make friends with the local Avon lady like Seab did.
He has the softest skin.

Haven't gotten any chigger bites yet....

When I was much younger, I found that slathering yourself with beer,
inside and out kept the mosquitoes at bay.
(Or at least you didn't notice them.)

[Jadeswan]

I can't stand chemical bug sprays---Id' rather be bitten---but I know I need to protect myself and the kids so I use a herb-based bug spray. It works surprisingly well. You do have to re-spray every so often if you're going to be outside for a long time. Once when we were camping, we sprayed ourselves inside our tent and it got saturated with the stuff and bugs wouldn't even come inside. As a bonus, it smells great to humans. I get it from Healing Herbals through the Oklahoma Food Co-op in case anyone is interested in trying it.

[redbird4848]

Originally Posted by SeabeeBolt

I've done all that and more. Does that make me a "Bone Fide Okie?'

You're not just BONA FIDE okie, your deep-fried Okie with okra and pinto beans on the side okie!

This summer will be the real test for the newbies.

I can no longer take the summer heat. We just stay inside nowadays. Gettin old. Not like the old days when we were young and dumb. We used to walk for miles and miles across the pastures huntin with our .22's and fishin.

Being a kid in Oklahoma was the best. Anyone remember stopping by the windmills and getting that ice cold water on a hot summer day? I had a friend who's parents had watermelons. We used to take a big spoon and eat watermelons.

[SeabeeBolt]

Originally Posted by redbird4848

You're not just BONA FIDE okie, your deep-fried Okie with okra and pinto beans on the side okie!

This summer will be the real test for the newbies.

I can no longer take the summer heat. We just stay inside nowadays. Gettin old. Not like the old days when we were young and dumb. We used to walk for miles and miles across the pastures huntin with our .22's and fishin.

Being a kid in Oklahoma was the best. Anyone remember stopping by the windmills and getting that ice cold water on a hot summer day? I had a friend who's parents had watermelons. We used to take a big spoon and eat watermelons.

Well thank ya much there friend, now I'm a happy camper .

[cat]

Originally Posted by Schousse

GP, honey ..... people are going to think we are hicks

Mike .... we do NOT have chickens inside the house

Have you ever tried putting a diaper on them? That way you could still have your eggs in the cupboard and your kitchen would stay clean..? Works for me..LOL
Cat

[redbird4848]

We have a dork friend, from california no less, who has moved to Oklahoma and keeps baby chicks AND 5 turkeys inside his house. (yes, his house stinks!)

He bought 140 acres or so and is living his dream of being a rancher. But the guy is clueless and very stubborn. He will not listen to reason. He keeps losing cows because he bred a brehmer to his heifers and the cows die during the birth process. So, a week or so ago, his cow went down out in the pasture, so he slept in the pasture to keep the coyotes away, then it rained on him, so he chained 3 dogs to the cow. Then the dogs ate the cow. I kid you not.

He had 26 dogs at one time. Now he ~only~ has 18 dogs. He sleeps with 5 of them.

Everyday he calls and gives us another Day In the Life story.

And no... he is not married.

Sounds like a woman's nightmare. I wonder if we can export him to Jammie's territory?

[Cherokee Moon]

Originally Posted by redbird4848

We have a dork friend, from california no less, who has moved to Oklahoma and keeps baby chicks AND 5 turkeys inside his house. (yes, his house stinks!)

He bought 140 acres or so and is living his dream of being a rancher. But the guy is clueless and very stubborn. He will not listen to reason. He keeps losing cows because he bred a brehmer to his heifers and the cows die during the birth process. So, a week or so ago, his cow went down out in the pasture, so he slept in the pasture to keep the coyotes away, then it rained on him, so he chained 3 dogs to the cow. Then the dogs ate the cow. I kid you not.

He had 26 dogs at one time. Now he ~only~ has 18 dogs. He sleeps with 5 of them.

Everyday he calls and gives us another Day In the Life story.

And no... he is not married.

Sounds like a woman's nightmare. I wonder if we can export him to Jammie's territory?

Howdy Y'all! lol...just joined and checking out some threads. Saw this one. Oh my gosh! This sounds exactly like the guy that bought my inlaw's place!! 140 acres, from Calif. and has animals in the house!

[colleeng47]

Originally Posted by Cherokee Moon

Howdy Y'all! lol...just joined and checking out some threads. Saw this one. Oh my gosh! This sounds exactly like the guy that bought my inlaw's place!! 140 acres, from Calif. and has animals in the house!

Hey Cherokee Moon, welcome to the forum. Yes, you will get a lot of good info and stories here. Glad you joined us.

[karibear]

Originally Posted by colleeng47

Hey Cherokee Moon, welcome to the forum. Yes, you will get a lot of good info and stories here. Glad you joined us.

Yeah, I've got some really good bug stories. And the poor things were so lonesome for excitement when I left Camp Peaceful, they hitchhiked into town and found me!

[Cherokee Moon]

Originally Posted by colleeng47

Hey Cherokee Moon, welcome to the forum. Yes, you will get a lot of good info and stories here. Glad you joined us.

Howdy there! And thank you very much!