Guest guest Posted April 25, 2008 Report Share Posted April 25, 2008 I am in the Tampa area (very high humidity and lots of mosquitos) and have a rain barrel. We use a screen on top of the barrel and have had no mosquitos. Let me know if you need more info on how to set this up. A friend of mine put a goldfish in her rain barrel to eat the mosquito larvae, but I would worry to much about the little guy and whether it would be a complete enough ecosystem for him to thrive. ~Susan On Apr 24, 2008, at 4:48 PM, rtillmansmail wrote: > > Also, I want to use rain barrels to collect water for my garden. But, > I am concerned about mosquitos. I was going to use the dunks (ok, > technically not vegan but certainly self-defense) but have been told > they do not work at all. Anyone with experience controlling mosquitos > with rain barrels (or at all in a heavy mosquito area)? Recommendation > for a proven non-petroleum based barrel? (I know not to use the rain > collected from my rooftop as I have asphalt shingles.) > Thanks, > Carrol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 25, 2008 Report Share Posted April 25, 2008 I have just started looking into rain barrels and saw the comment about asphalt shingles----please give me more info! Are all shingles asphalt? What's in asphalt? THANKS! Ann Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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