Unless you live someplace very cold, there’s one thing you can always count on to ruin your time outdoors, whether you are working or relaxing: mosquitoes. These biting little scumbags will cover you with red, itchy welts, and worst of all they can spread disease. If you live anywhere it’s warm, and especially near water, … Read more
Mice might be cute and cuddly in controlled circumstances, but pretty much every homesteader knows by now that they are a giant problem when they are on your property. They can terrorize chickens and eat eggs, infest and ruin livestock feed, spread disease, and tear up your house- aside from making everything filthy. You need … Read more
Deer are amazing and majestic animals, and they also make for good sport when hunting, but if I’ve learned anything these past few years is that they’re among the most destructive, persistent, and difficult-to-stop and garden pests there are. Worse, deer eat almost anything. Anything that you’re growing in your garden for eating (corn, veggies, … Read more
Ask anyone who lives way out in the country, and especially anyone who owns livestock, and they will tell you that flies can be an absolute nightmare. Much of the time they are just an annoyance, pestering animals and you. But many kinds of flies, particularly horse flies, can be dangerous and have powerful bites … Read more
A gardener’s work is never done, and some of the most urgent and persistent annoyances you’ll have to deal with in your garden are mammalian pests. From rabbits and deer to raccoons and even the occasional possum, there’s nothing most mammals love more than scarfing up the produce you’ve worked so hard to grow. But … Read more
I’m confident in saying that mosquitoes have plagued humanity since before history began. No matter where you go, no matter what you’re doing, no matter where on Earth you live, mosquitoes are going to be there to bite you and suck your blood. It’s truly enough to drive you crazy! Of course, I suppose that … Read more
Unless you are at one of the poles, no matter where you go in the world you can count on one kind of insect being there to torment you: mosquitoes. These blood-sucking flies are the scourge of many an otherwise pleasant outdoor adventure or excursion. Beyond the sheer aggravation, they can actually prove to be … Read more
If you live anywhere mosquitoes are common, and especially if you’re outside during peak season, you already know how intolerable it is to be mobbed by these bloodsucking parasites. Aside from the unsightly and maddingly itchy welts they leave behind, mosquitoes are actually quite dangerous because of the diseases they transmit. You’d be wise to … Read more
Whether you’re out camping, taking care of your property or in the middle of a desperate survival situation, if there’s one thing that’s guaranteed to make things worse, it has got to be biting mosquitoes. Mosquito bites are incredibly annoying and also sometimes dangerous because these little bloodsuckers transmit all sorts of heinous diseases. Sure, … Read more
I can’t think of anything more annoying than being relentlessly victimized by mosquitoes when I’m outside. It doesn’t matter if I’m minding your own business on my back porch, camping, hiking, or even in the middle of a legitimate survival scenario, these parasites are relentless. They can also be quite dangerous since they are known … Read more
It’s hard to imagine a more hated and more dangerous insect than the mosquito. Yes, I said dangerous. That’s because mosquitoes are, in fact, one of the most lethal animals on Earth, as each and every year the diseases that hey spread kill millions and millions of people. But even if you don’t fall victim … Read more
No matter what you’re doing outside- camping, exercising, barbecuing, or just visiting with friends- there is no situation that can’t be made worse by biting, blood-sucking mosquitoes. In peak season, they can make being outdoors absolutely unbearable… And, no joke, they are surprisingly dangerous, spreading various diseases. Not good! Accordingly, you want to do everything … Read more
Mosquitoes are probably the single most annoying insect out there. Tiny, almost invisible and basically undetectable until they strike, those itchy red welts they will leave behind will be driving you crazy for days after. But annoyance aside, mosquitoes are also quite dangerous, being the primary vectors for several dangerous and debilitating diseases. Whenever you’re … Read more
No matter where you go and what you are doing, you can count on mosquitoes being there in the warmer seasons to torment you. It’s just a fact of life, but if you are ever near a body of water you probably noticed that it seems like the air is positively thick with them. That’s … Read more
Sure, they’re tiny – but if you’ve ever been bitten by a chigger, you know that these creatures are incredibly mighty. The chigger is a type of mite that really packs a wallop in its bite. Also known as harvest lice, harvest mites, and red bugs, chiggers are members of the arachnid family and can … Read more
If you’ve ever walked out to your garden or compost pile late at night, you might have caught a quick, furtive glance of these slimy, slithering, creatures in the undergrowth. Over a foot long, with a shovel-shaped head and powerful secreted toxin, hammerhead worms are invasive, persistent, and virtually indestructible predators that can wipe out … Read more