Does anyone else subscribe to this? Today's made me laugh out loud.
May 16, 2007
Working With Our Insect Neighbors
The Insect Kingdom
A change of season may bring about a change in the insect activity in and around your home. Rather than heading for the fly swatter or bug spray or calling the exterminator, try working with the insect kingdom rather than fighting it. Making this choice on a conscious level puts you in touch with nature, allowing you to create harmony within your ecosystem.
Insects "bug" us for shelter, water, or food, but they can also come into our lives to bring us a message. Though many cultures have decided what insects represent to them, you may be able to decipher their message just by thinking about their attributes. For example, bees may be telling you to communicate psychically with your family or to spread your talents like pollen. Their buzzing could be warning you about someone who could sting you or reminding you to stop and smell the flowers. Once you get their message, they may leave on their own. But if they don't, you may want to spend a few days patiently inviting them to leave. In meditation or aloud, explain that this is your home and that the insect world is outdoors. While you understand their hunger and thirst, you will provide them with a designated place outside. Be sure to offer them appropriate food and make a commitment to replenish the supply regularly. You can even make a ceremony of it: Choose a time such as sunset every Sunday, or every full moon, then create a line of demarcation around your home with sage or by sprinkling some herbs before giving your offering. This serves the dual purpose of keeping your bargain with your insect neighbors and keeping you in sync with nature's cycles.
We live in a timberframe house in the woods. To people, this is quiet seclusion. To Carpenter Ants, this is New York City - millions call this bit of earth home. And every year, they try to move in to my house. I have never tried talking to them, I haven't tried bargaining, or listening to what it is that they are trying to tell me. If I did, though, I think they'd be saying "Get more Ortho, and use the expanding foam to fill those gaps you missed last time." Wait, what's that? The one I just helped into the toilet shouted "Gel Bait!" on his way down. I'm sure of it.
3 comments:
I just gotta say, "Oh brother."
My friend and neighbor just called the exterminator for her carpenter ants.Have to show her that one!Last yr it was for the mice dancing in her attic.Do ya know those guys will not come back to retrieve the ones they kill? Interesting.So she called some creepy animal control guy and gives him $600 to come back, set no-kill traps for more, and get the smelly ones.What? How nuts to trust him.Eventually he returned after weeks of waiting, but she had more smelly dead ones months later and then he wouldn't come back.She can try the OM method.Probably get more results.
Well, it'll certainly smell better. And for ants, $600'll buy 'em their own cabana in the backyard!
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