Problem: Article: If your home has a wrap-around style porch with an overhang, one or more fans might be just what you need. Not only will they help reduce the number of airborne critters by literally blowing them away, they'll also keep your surroundings cooler and more hospitable during the sultry summer months. Keeping the air outside moving is also useful for dispersing carbon dioxide, food particles, and other human odors in the environment that brings bugs in for a closer look. Fill a few coffee filters or pieces of cheesecloth with pungent herbs and spices like cinnamon, nutmeg, bay leaf, or citrus zest and tie them off into bundles. Hang the bundles around your light fixtures, or somewhere less conspicuous, like under the eaves of the roof or behind a potted plant. Any insects in the vicinity will catch a whiff and think twice about coming any closer. Replace the spice pouches every few days once they begin to lose their potency. Spices aren't the only natural turn-off for bugs. You may get equally effective results by combining essential oils like rosemary, mint, thyme, lavender, or clove oil with a small amount of soapy water and spritzing the solution in out-of-the-way spots. Just be sure to keep the liquid away from exposed wiring and other electric lighting components. It may be necessary to spray your herbal solution once or twice a day during the muggy summer season when insects are out in full force. You can also mix essential oils with a mild carrier oil like olive or coconut oil and apply them to your skin to serve as a wearable repellent. Tightly-woven mesh screens can provide a full-time barrier against bugs for larger porches and other outdoor sitting areas. When outfitting your porch, be sure to choose a type of screening that's small enough to prevent gnats and other tiny nuisances from slipping through the cracks. An experienced contractor can screen-in an exposed porch in a single afternoon for as little as a couple hundred dollars. If you're handy with a toolbelt, you might also opt to install a screen yourself using a simple DIY system like Screen Tight. The occasional fly or moth may still get in while the door is open, so it's a good idea to use your screened-in porch in conjunction with a yellow light, bug zapper, or scented candle. Mount the house to an outlying tree, fence, or in-ground post and stick a small handful of fruit or seeds inside to entice visitors. Insects are the natural prey of most large winged creatures. By inviting them into the area, all you're essentially doing is letting nature take its course. Premade bat and bird houses are often available at home improvement centers and garden supply stores. Situate the structure far enough away from your porch to keep the occupants from congregating around your home. They'll come out to hunt on their own when they get hungry. It's not uncommon to find insects swarming around places where water has collected. Drain small ponds, gulches, and low spots in your lawn using a surface pump, or have channels cut into the ground to promote proper runoff. Chances are, you'll notice a big difference right away. If you live in an area that receives a lot of regular precipitation, consider filling in problem areas with sand, gravel, or a mixture of both. Rainwater will filter down between the sediment rather than pooling on the surface. Stagnant water is a favorite habitat of insects like mosquitoes that carry diseases.
Summary: Install an outdoor ceiling fan. Place pungent spices around the porch. Spray the area with an herbal infusion. Put in a screen. Hang a bird or bat house nearby. Do away with standing water.

In one sentence, describe what the following article is about: Auditions are usually held between the middle of January and the middle of April, but you should find out more specific information by checking Family Feud's official auditions website. Auditions usually take place shortly before the new season starts. Auditions are typically held in four to six cities across the United States. They take place over the course of one weekend at each location. No team can audition if its members violate the show's basic rules. Your prospective team must consist of five members, and everyone must be related by blood, marriage, or law. All family members must be U.S. citizens. Anyone who is not a citizen must at least have permission to work within the U.S. No team member can be related to or acquainted with someone who works for the show, Fremantle Media, Debmar-Mercury, Wanderlust Productions, or any of the show's affiliates. No one on the team can be running for political office. Anyone who has appeared on more than two game shows within the past year is ineligible. Similarly, anyone who has been on Family Feud within the past ten years is ineligible. The show has no strict age requirement, but it is recommended that the teammates should be at least 15 years of age. To ensure that your family has a chance to audition, you should send an e-mail to the appropriate casting department for the city you will be auditioning in. The e-mail address for each city can be found on the show's auditions page, but it is usually the name of the city followed by "@familytryouts.com." For instance: The e-mail address for Austin, Texas try-outs is Austin@familytryouts.com. Phoenix, Arizona try-outs go to Phoenix@familytryouts.com. Boston, Massachusetts try-outs go to Boston@familytryouts.com San Francisco, California try-outs go to bayarea@familytryouts.com. Indianapolis, Indiana try-outs go to Indianapolis@familytryouts.com. Your family will be assigned a time slot on the date of the audition. It is best to show up at least an hour early to make sure that you will have time to make it through the check-in line. After checking in, your family will be given forms to fill out before the actual audition. Families who turn in the forms first will audition first. Prepare to fill out basic information, such as name, age, and other eligibility factors. Write down an "interesting fact" about yourself. The fact can concern your job, hobbies, or anything else that makes you stand out. Prepare a narrative about your family. Again, the more unique it is, the more appealing your family will be to the casting directors. Explain what you would do with the money if you won. Families that have a purpose or plan in mind are more likely to be accepted than those who do not. After turning in your applications, the moderator will have you play two rounds of a practice game. In one round, you will do the face-off while the other team prepares for the steal. In the other round, another team does the face-off while your team prepares for the steal. Winning or losing the rounds has nothing to do with who passes the audition. The practice game is played in front of an audience consisting of other auditioning families. Be energetic and natural. As a whole, your family needs to be enthusiastic in order to catch the attention of the casting directors. If one member of your family is a little more subdued, however, let that person behave naturally instead of trying to force a bubbly personality that does not exist. As long as the rest of the family has the excitement to make up for the one person who lacks it, you might still have a chance. Don't stress out about right and wrong answers. You need to take the game seriously, but at the end of the audition, the casting directors will care more about the families whose members stood out than those whose members had all the answers. Being an entertainer is more important than being a genius.
Summary:
Find out the where and when. Know the eligibility requirements. Schedule your audition. Be prompt. Fill out the forms. Play a practice game.