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Thread Starter   We live on an acre wooded lot with a retention
pond in the back, and the mosquitoes are absolutely horrible.
Any natural methods you'd recommend?  post #2 of 5  Plant herbs
and plants that repel insect. There are several, I don't know
offhand, but agastache and citronella are two of them. You can
plant them near to your outdoor living area.   Do everything you
can to attract as many different birds and dragonflies as you
can.   At the beginning you can feed seed to really attract
them, but then I recommend that you phase that out because it's
like "fast food" for birds - they should be eating mostly bugs
with some seeds as a supplement. You can put up bird houses and
also plant berry bushes like winterberry holly. I've found that
keeping air circulation good around the house helps, so I have
no plants against the house and have cleared a wide margin
around the patio. Fans on the patio or porch can help as well.
There are some times