Well well, so many things you Transatlantics can get that we just don't merit here in the Antipodes!
Bacillus thuringiensis is only available in complicated fruit fly traps as far as I can tell and yet that mozzie dunk solution sounds to be totally miraculous for control of mosquitoes, with which practically every area is plagued. Of course there are toxic chemical larvicides on the market. Wouldn't it be frugal to culture your own bacteria for the pond? (hint) We can't even buy native fish to eat the larvae; virtually all the species in the pet market are imported. Woe betide the owner whose minnows escape into the nearby national park...
And linen - if it's not a luxury dress, shirt or see-through thin pair of pants then forget it. Practical garments? Excuse me while I stifle a macabre chcukle. The hours I have spent searching online for ordinary linen clothes and underwear would have been sufficient for me to learn to sew them myself... but to source the fabric, again forget it. $35+ per metre plus postage.
Mary, please don't mention socks without polyester: you'll make me cry. All right, I exaggerate - here they come with nylon, or polyester, or perhaps both.
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Date: 2025-03-04 05:09 am (UTC)Well well, so many things you Transatlantics can get that we just don't merit here in the Antipodes!
Bacillus thuringiensis is only available in complicated fruit fly traps as far as I can tell and yet that mozzie dunk solution sounds to be totally miraculous for control of mosquitoes, with which practically every area is plagued. Of course there are toxic chemical larvicides on the market. Wouldn't it be frugal to culture your own bacteria for the pond? (hint) We can't even buy native fish to eat the larvae; virtually all the species in the pet market are imported. Woe betide the owner whose minnows escape into the nearby national park...
And linen - if it's not a luxury dress, shirt or see-through thin pair of pants then forget it. Practical garments? Excuse me while I stifle a macabre chcukle. The hours I have spent searching online for ordinary linen clothes and underwear would have been sufficient for me to learn to sew them myself... but to source the fabric, again forget it. $35+ per metre plus postage.
Mary, please don't mention socks without polyester: you'll make me cry. All right, I exaggerate - here they come with nylon, or polyester, or perhaps both.
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