Comments on Alaska Preppers Network: The power of Irish Spring!

I have a suggestion for cutting up that bar soap. ...

2010-03-28T08:22:50.383-07:00

I have a suggestion for cutting up that bar soap. I make my own laundry soap and use a bar of soap in the mix. I just use a cheese grater. It works great and helps to melt the soap faster too!

Upinka, I just wanted to let you know that I linke...

2010-02-08T14:43:56.910-08:00

Upinka, I just wanted to let you know that I linked to AK and your posts regarding freezing seeds in the post I did today. Thanks!

I never wash my cats, my dogs I give em' a good wa...

2010-02-08T09:21:22.854-08:00

I never wash my cats, my dogs I give em' a good wash maybe about 6 times out of the year. I use baby wipes on my big dog which she likes and keeps her fresh when I can't get to scrub her much.

But around here we got the humidity going with the heat and so it's a natural breeding ground for fleas and ticks. My dogs have a herbal natural shampoo I use, but yup you're right about the dog's coats natural oils that's why I rarely wash em' either.

My neighbors got the tick action going on in their yard so I need to be vigilant in keeping our yard and property lines free and clear of the ticks because my dogs have no ticks.

Hi Gen, yep.. moose are all over. Most of the tim...

2010-02-05T13:16:54.651-08:00

Hi Gen, yep.. moose are all over. Most of the time they remind me of cows.. just lazy large beast with nothing to do but eat. But I like them.. watching and eating. *wink*

Hey Aloha, I have a EXCELLENT recipe to get rid of fungus flies! I didn't know about the dawn dish wasing on fleas or ticks... as we don't have them up here often. But it is good to know in the future! Owning a dog and two cats myself... or I should say they own me.. I rarely wash my animals as anything you use scrubs them of their oils.

wow, I never knew irish spring soap had such an af...

2010-02-05T08:37:54.494-08:00

wow, I never knew irish spring soap had such an affect, good to know. Dawn liquid dish washing soap is another one, it kills fleas and ticks instantly! But don't wash your pets with it because the chemicals in it are too strong and harsh and it will leave your pet with terrible skin conditions.

What I do is fill a container with warm or hot water with dawn soap and have it bubble and lather a bit and then I comb my pets fur and drop the critters in it. The ticks you can just spray it on them or add drops of dawn right on them that is the tick being off of your pet first and if you have ticks in your pets sleeping quarters. It works, I never thought it did but my uncle does this for his dog, but he did the mistake of washing his dog with it and she had a bad skin condition after.

Hey Upinak! I'm enjoying reading your informative ...

2010-02-05T08:04:07.347-08:00

Hey Upinak! I'm enjoying reading your informative posts! I didn't even know that someone was writing on the Alaska blog until you commented on IL.
I love the Moose Nugget post! Do you have moose all around you? For a plain old IL girl, that sounds SOOOO exciting!(Plus the pic was beautiful!)
It sounds like you've got alot of great things growing in the garden this year! Looking forward to reading more new posts!