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[quote=Anonymous]Mosquitoes don’t fly far from where they breed. Depending on the type of mozzie, it may be just a few feet to well under a mile. It’s well worth checking around your house to see if you can eradicate standing water or place mosquito dunks in sources that you can’t eliminate, like French drains and gutters. Reputable mosquito eliminating services will also do this for you, as it’s the most effective strategy.

Fans in your outdoor living spaces really do make a difference, but logistics can be tough because they need to be near you, have an electrical source, etc. I also love the 
Thermacell device. It was about $20 and repels without odor or batteries in a 15 ft. area. Refill packs are available at the hardware store relatively inexpensively.

You can spray. Depending on the time of year a mixed herbal spray or a garlic spray may be most effective. Your hardware store that vends the stuff or a mosquito service will be able to advise. I self-sprayed my small DC yard with a set-up that attached to my hose. It was most effective for theee days, but benefits lingered for a couple of weeks, even with rain. That said, it also kept away beneficial bugs. As a gardener, this was a problem for me. I rely on the good guys to make light my work outside, and I missed my butterflies and lightning bugs.

There are a number of natural remedies to try too. Look up bathhouses. You can try planting lavender, mint, rosemary, and basil near sitting areas. Basil is annual, and mint spreads like crazy, so probably best to keep those in containers. All of these plants need full sun, and you probably need a relatively large quantity to keep the mosquitoes away.

Good luck![/quote]

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