It's really been a buggy year and so I thought I'd make my first post on the insect forum with this piece about chiggers and the myriad of remedies used to treat the itch. Feel free to weigh in with your own home remedy and why you think it works!

Just Itching for Summer

Summer is a fabulous time to explore and hunt for wild edibles or to hike along a cool river, but people around these parts generally avoid venturing into overgrown and untamed places during the summer months because of the ticks and chiggers. How does one even begin to tell outsiders and visitors to our fair hills about the myriad of insects that inhabit our beloved Oz? I suppose if you've got a vicious sense of humor, you could just let them wade into the chest-deep grass and work it out later, because they're not going to believe you anyway.

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Here is a link that might be useful: Show Me Oz