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bucephaly · 2 months ago

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2nd hitch in Mississippi and the mosquitos have been just as bad as the first one. We've been pretty miserable and it's almost impossible to do anything at camp once the sun starts going down, which makes dinner and dishes a huuuuge pain

Today me and my crew lead finally got our shit together and made a smudge pot with punky pine wood, some pine resin, and some dry cedar

It's lunch time and we've barely had a single mosquito. This has worked so so well it's kinda crazy, we're definitely going to keep doing this for the rest of the season. I also got some beautyberry leaves to add

#i made a blowpipe out of some of the native switchcane too #idk #i love that these traditional things often work far better than any 100% deet shit #ive been coating myself in bugspray and it just doesnt ever work. but this worked.#kinda surprised it took us this long to do it. i think i sorta had to say like. yall lets just grab this pot we arent using and bring it #heh i sent these pics to a friend of mine #and they go 'isnt smudging something only natives should do?' hahaha #smudging is the name of a native ceremonial thing. but it can also refer to burning shit thatll let off lots of smoke #for keeping bugs away or whatever

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