How to Keep Mosquitoes Out of Your Yard All Summer (What Actually Works)
You don’t have to be in our summer place in Volos to know the mosquitoes are there. They show up in June as sure as the heat, the hordes of visitors and that distinct odour the sea has in the high season.
Come July, an evening in the garden is something of a stand-off. You’re there to put in some time outside, and so are they. The odds, let’s be honest, are not with you.
I’ve been down this road for years. I’ve put most of the usual remedies to the test. A few do their job. Some only half of it. And then there are the ones that are all the rage but turn out to be useless — I’m going to be blunt about those because there’s no point in wasting your hard-earned cash on a solution that is a non-starter.
What follows is the whole kit and caboodle: how we handle it in Volos these days, the reasoning behind it, and what I would put in front of someone who wants to make headway with the problem instead of leaving it to chance.