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Gardens in my mind never need water
Castles in the air never have a wet basement
Well made buildings are fractal -- equally intelligent design at every level of detail.
Bright sparks remind others that they too can dance
What I am looking for is looking for me too!
William Bronson wrote:Sounds like a job for poultry!
Gardens in my mind never need water
Castles in the air never have a wet basement
Well made buildings are fractal -- equally intelligent design at every level of detail.
Bright sparks remind others that they too can dance
What I am looking for is looking for me too!
William Bronson wrote:Sounds like a job for poultry!
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Country oriented nerd with primary interests in alternate energy in particular solar. Dabble in gardening, trees, cob, soil building and a host of others.
C. Letellier wrote: Now there seems to be disagreement on why it works. Some people say the smell simply repels grasshoppers because of all the death of their own.
William Bronson wrote:
There is a different biological control, wheat bran inoculated with Nosema locustae, which is a disease organism specific to grasshoppers and their kin.
Also, Canola oil is apparently an attractant for them.
It evidently mimics the kairomones (pheromones' that attract predators) that cue grasshopper cannibalism.
Gardens in my mind never need water
Castles in the air never have a wet basement
Well made buildings are fractal -- equally intelligent design at every level of detail.
Bright sparks remind others that they too can dance
What I am looking for is looking for me too!
Casie Becker wrote:I think I understand how those are made. Looks like if you use an inverted funnel to close off the bottom of a container the hoppers climb right up that pole and get stuck. Is having the top be breathable (mesh, basket or the like) matter when you make one, or would the climb into tin cans and Mason jars just as easily?
Gardens in my mind never need water
Castles in the air never have a wet basement
Well made buildings are fractal -- equally intelligent design at every level of detail.
Bright sparks remind others that they too can dance
What I am looking for is looking for me too!
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Paul Fookes wrote:We have guinea fowl and ……they parade around like a group of little old men out for a stroll…..
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Beau Davidson wrote:We use traps like this, some purchased, some home-made.
(source: farm-naked.com/hopper-stopper)
I have used minnow traps.
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Paula Broadfoot wrote:
I have used minnow traps.
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Gardens in my mind never need water
Castles in the air never have a wet basement
Well made buildings are fractal -- equally intelligent design at every level of detail.
Bright sparks remind others that they too can dance
What I am looking for is looking for me too!
The only thing...more expensive than education is ignorance.~Ben Franklin
Learn to make cheese on a personal sized scale, with our own Kate Downham!
You missed the 2023 Certified Garden Master course? Here's the LIVE Stream
Blazing trails in disabled homesteading
Gardens in my mind never need water
Castles in the air never have a wet basement
Well made buildings are fractal -- equally intelligent design at every level of detail.
Bright sparks remind others that they too can dance
What I am looking for is looking for me too!
Matthew Nistico wrote:Therefore, I would be cautious in my application of a d-limonene based insecticide. Don't spray it willy-nilly, or you might damage your crops as well as your pests!
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