This is Florida and we get lots of bugs outside, especially living in a wooded area as we do.  When my Uncle Jimmy built my house in 1984,  he put 100 pounds of boric acid in the walls, which he said would control the bugs, especially the  palmetto bugs and cockroaches.  It apparently worked really well because until last year, 27 years later, I hadn’t seen any bugs inside except for the occasional ant.  Last year I saw a small roach on two occasions and Saturday I saw one in my kitchen cabinet.  That was all it took to get me out to buy a Raid Concentrated Deep Reach insect fogger and set it off before I left for church.

I got home four hours later, knowing I’d spend the rest of the day cleaning every surface and dish and floor before the kitties came in.   What I did not expect was that after all that, I would only get four dead roaches out of it.  Well, for me that was four too many, but it’s a testament to how well boric acid works as a repellent.  By contrast, when I set off the fogger in the shed,  it killed a couple of dozen.  I did the Ho’oponopono prayer for them:  I forgave them for being there, I apologized for whatever my part in  the situation, I thanked them and told them I love them.  And meant it.  If you’re in Florida and in a wooded area and have insects inside the house, read up on boric acid or buy some 20 Mule Team Borax and try it for yourself.