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July 18, 2012 By Ginger Caughman

Notes from Nana: Too Many Bugs!

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Have you had too many bugs around your Banana Bowl this summer?

About a month ago those fruit flies were about to take over our kitchen! We’d never seen so many! My husband said, “It makes you think they’re coming in on the bananas; then hatching out!”

Maybe they do? We don’t know. But they were pesky and aggravating!

By the time Canteloupe was prepared and sliced, the insects covered the pale orange fruit.  Tiny black dots on your breakfast isn’t appetizing!

I must share a quick hint for you Ms Moms that amazingly works!!

I mentioned the problem to Nancy, my sister-in- law. She had a solution. It was simple enough so I tried it.

“Place some apple cider vinegar and some dish washing liquid in a small bowl.”. I did but used regular white vinegar  because  that’s what was in my cabinet. I waited.

Soon, dead black pests floated in the bowl!


I repeated the process with a newly purchased bottle of cider vinegar.

Then in the latest bulletin from AARP,  was a hint. I read all the time and had never seen this in print:

“A small dish of undiluted vinegar near fruit bowls repels fruit flies!”

So…you can successfully use white or apple cider vinegar and leave off the soap! Not necessary.

I made these photos after a new bunch of bananas began to ripen. Hope you can see the tiny black specs. It works! Enjoy the rest of our hot humid summer! It’s summertime in the South!
Love, Nana

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About Ginger Caughman

Ginger Caughman, who writes "Notes from Nana," has encouraged me time and again in both my walk with Christ and my role as mom. She is a writer and a friend…and a lot of fun! I know her words will encourage and uplift you. They’ll probably challenge you, too. She loves writing, teaching, singing…but most of all she loves the Lord. In addition to "Notes from Nana," she writes book reviews for MississippiMom.com, having worked with books from all angles, as a teacher and school librarian, church librarian, trustee for years on the St. Charles Parish Library Board, writing for Media: Library Services Journal and her favorite, reading as a mother and grandmother!

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