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I love the idea and goals, but just reading the headline, I immediately leaped to one thought. Reading the article, they eventually addressed it.

In week two, we were somewhat surprised to find aquatic life โ€“ water fleas and mosquito larvae darting about under the surface.

If we don't go to great lengths every season limit every opportunity for mosquitoes to breed, our backyard is miserably unusable for half of the year.

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[โ€“] YerbaYerba@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago

I use mosquito dunks in water for our house plants to prevent fungus gnats. The bacteria also kills the gnat larvae