Trouble In Paradise — Dealing With Pests And Problems

Every place has pests and problems to deal with, its own Trouble In Paradise. Wisconsin mosquitos and cold, Arizona’s oppressive heat and poisonous bugs and snakes, Washington state’s rain and mold and rain and dampness, Georgia’s bugs and heat and humidity and CHIGGERS! As part of the #LightTheWorldNow #BuildHisKingdom project, I was thinking about the dozens of chigger bites I got working in the garden the other day … and came up with this video! #DealWithWhatYouHave #TroubleInParadise

Here’s a good link about the difference between chiggers and bedbugs: https://thepestkillers.com/chigger-bites-vs-bed-bug-bites/.

The reality is, the chiggers in my garden haven’t gone away. My legs, butt and waist look like a pimpled mess. And I’m learning — with an almost medative, yoga, Ghandi-like resolve — to just accept what I have, to not scratch to much, to use liberal amounts of cortizone cream and rubbing alcohol, and just accept things. Oh, did I say that already? Well, I guess that’s the lesson!

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David Kuhns

Dave Kuhns is originally a quasi-city boy from suburban Milwaukee, but he spent weekends and summers in nature on Lake Winneconne in central Wisconsin. After raising his kids in a Seattle suburb, he moved to a small town in central Utah. He figured he’d buy some rural property there, or back in the Badger State.

Then he fell in love. Through a series of amazing events, he bought a rural property (a few acres) across the creek from the Chickamauga National Military Park (Civil War battlefield). There, he and his new wife are putting into reality the conservation, gardening and land management practices he learned from his grandmother, his forest ranger Dad, his little brother, and his own surburban experience.

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Judi G. Reid

May 28, 2018 at 3:00 am

Fun, relevant message, Dave! I remember the chiggers from camp-ugh! You are a solution seeker, even it just means to adapt. Am eager to follow you and your new wife in your together journey to Light the World, Build the Kingdom:)

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