Inā he aloha ʻoe i nā felines a i ʻole inā ʻaʻole ʻoe makemake e hele lākou i kāu māla, ʻoiaʻiʻo ua noʻonoʻo ʻoe pehea e hana ai i ka popoki. A ʻo ia nō, aia nā wahi kahi mea nui e hoʻokokoke ʻole lākou, ʻoiai hiki iā lākou ke hoʻoweliweli i ko lākou ola iho.
Ma ka mākeke he nui nā repellants o ka pōpoki, aʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o kekahi ma mua o nā mea ʻē aʻe, akā e haʻi mākou iā ʻoe i ka mea hiki iā ʻoe ke hana i hiki ai i kāu mau pōpoki (a i ʻole o kou mau hoanoho) mai hoʻokokoke aku i kēlā mau wahi āu e makemake ʻole ai e hele.
ʻO nā pōpoki he mea lele lele, hiki ke lele i ke kiʻekiʻe o ʻelua mau mika. E noʻonoʻo ana i kēia, ʻo ka mea mua aʻu e paipai aku ai iā ʻoe e kau i nā lole kila, a ʻo ia kekahi e hoʻouka i nā mea kanu ulu kiʻekiʻe (e like me ka paina aiʻole ʻO Syringa vulgaris ʻo kahi laʻana) e hana ma ke ʻano he pale. Lōʻihi paha ka manawa e kiʻi i ka "ālai mea kanu" e hana, no laila i kēia manawa, e hoʻāʻo i kēia mau hana maʻalea:
- E kanu i nā lavender, rosemary a me / a i ʻole citronella i kāu māla a i nā ipu paha: ʻaʻole makemake nā pōpoki i ka honi a lākou e hāʻawi ai, no laila lākou e hoʻokokoke aku ai iā lākou.
- E kau i kahi citrus: Makemake ʻole lākou i ka ʻaʻala, akā he mau huaʻai ko kēia mau kumulāʻau, no laila, ma hope o ka pāʻina ʻana i kahi pāʻina nui, hiki iā ʻoe ke loaʻa kahi mea ʻono maikaʻi a maikaʻi loa hoʻi.
- E kāpīpī i kahi pepa, mākeke maloʻo, a me nā papa kope- Hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻohui i kekahi mau mea e mālama i nā pōpoki.
- Makemake ʻoe i nā pōpoki? E hāʻawi iā lākou i kahi kihi iki i kāu māla: kanu catnip a ʻike ʻoe pehea e hoʻokokoke wale ai iā ia.
ʻO nā pōpoki he mau keiki ʻinoʻino e ʻike ʻole i ka honua e like me mākou. ʻIke ka poʻe ʻo "ko mākou hale kēia" no ka mea he pā kona a mākou e ʻike ai he hale ponoʻī kā mākou. Akā hiki i ka ʻāina o nā pōpoki ke hoʻopili i nā māla o nā hale he nui, no laila e hoʻomaopopo iā lākou hiki iā lākou ke komo wale i kāu, lōʻihi paha ka manawa.
No laila, paipai wau e hoʻomanawanui ʻoe. Ma laila wale ʻoe e loaʻa ai nā hopena maikaʻi, no ʻolua. E hauʻoli.
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