Here at the Old Raven workshop we like to repurpose what we can, even rain water. Mrs. Old Raven likes to dip her watering can into the rain bucket to use the rain water for plants. I knew we needed a lid to keep the mosquitos at bay, but I had other projects. When I saw swimming mosquito larva, I figured it was time to dump the rain barrel, but then I though to try something... $1.20 later with 5 little gold fish from local pet shop turned loose in the rain barrel, all of the mosquito larvae were gone by the next morning.
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| nothing fancy... just a rain barrel |
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| swim little fellas, swim! |
Happy fish.
Update : It is now September - we still have 3 happy fish swimming around in there and not another sign of mosquito larva. In a couple of weeks the little fellas in the rain barrel will get to join the other fish in the pond for the winter.
