Learn from History. Sassafras.
Sassafras Repels Bedbugs
Bedbug Infestation Begone!
Dear President Obama and Mayor Bloomberg and Residents Anywhere,
Use sassafras wood for beds and cupboards. Itch and economy problems solved at one swat. Sassafras repels bedbugs. See ://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-sassafras.htm/; and ://www.discoverlife.org/nh/tx/Plantae/Dicotyledoneae/Lauraceae/Sassafras/albidum/
Young sassafras groveWe hear that bedbugs are a problem in New York City, and elsewhere.
How medieval! See their history at ://www.bed-bug.org/
See the fuss, ://www.webmd.com/skin-problems-and-treatments/news/20100729/bed-bugs-biting-all-over-united-states/; ://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/07/28/in-the-war-on-bedbugs-a-new-attack-strategy/ ; and ://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/07/30/mattress.bedbugs.dust.mites/?hpt=C2/
We hear (know first hand!) that the economy is in a hissy fit and Governments balk at doing anything anyone else can get credit for.
Solve both.
Leave them, the nonlegislating legislators at state and fed, and start a new industry:
Furnishings by Sassafras. Cupboards, beds, bureaus, etc.
Sassafras understory, at duskThe wood is a natural repellent to insects and rodents, see other posts around here, and making a economy crop out of all the sassafras we have in this country makes sense.
Thank you. We have natural resources, resourceful people who want to work, a need for new kinds of jobs. Go. Employment and a good night's sleep. What's not to like.
Sassafras enthusiasts.
