Chigger Feast 2017 and Canning Tomatoes

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Leah Day has been teaching online since 2009. She's the creator of the Free Motion Quilting Project, a blog filled with thousands of quilting tutorial videos. Leah has written several books including 365 Free Motion Quilting Designs, Explore Walking Foot Quilting with Leah Day, and Mally the Maker and the Queen in the Quilt.

6 Responses

  1. JulieA says:

    So very sorry it has been such a nasty week. Chiggers are so nasty – seems like I end up with cellulitis about half of bad chigger attacks. Don't have a suggestion for treating bites but found a great preventer – a handmade all-natural soap called Skeeter Defeater(TM)by Blue Mound Soap Company. I don't know if it is available in NC but there is probably something like it locally (?). I tried it for mosquito's and ticks (works great) but to my delite found it works great four chiggers too and is still nice on skin. Hope you find a way to repel those nasty biters and enjoy your beautiful woods.

  2. Rhonda says:

    I started itching just reading your post. Those tiny critters are the worst. Hope you're better soon.
    BTW, your tomatoes look tasty!!!

  3. I learned Tip No. 2 the hard way. Very important to wear long pants, tall boots and something to keep the critters from crawling up your pant legs but where I'm from it is scorpions, black widows, ants, etc. that will bite, sting or otherwise inflict pain.

  4. Having survived a couple of chigger attacks myself, for temporary relief from the itching, I applied clear nail polish over the bite at the start. I don't think there would be a bottle big enough for what you went through. Hope you feel better soon.

  5. Hedy Hahn says:

    I was digging up a plant in my city backyard, (but we are surrounded by woods) and I got chiggers all over my knees. It was horrible ! I ended up buying some anti itch ointment and that helped most of all. I have no clue how we got chiggers here in our area. Yucky little creatures.

  6. Our aunt and uncle used to dust us with sulfur powder before going through the woods to swim in the lake. They said chiggers hated it. Trouble is, after swimming, it was all rinsed off, so coming back from the lake, we were on our own. LOL Very sorry you had to go through that, though. Miserable.

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