posted 9 years ago
Dave Hunt - Sorry to hear about your ground hog problem, it really just sucks to have all the hard work go down the drain. For the last week or I have been doing the shaking thing and trying to get them to eat more of them, the ducks are so effective when I do this! I wanted turkeys this year but we never ended up getting any. I am going to see if I can find some to buy at a decent price locally. Thanks!
Wayne Fajkus - I didn't know about the storage temps but I bought the bags from the store and came home and used it directly, I was told its made in the same state as me so I would hope it can't be that it was a few bad bags. I am not really into fishing, but I do remember using grasshoppers as bait for it when we were kids! If I ever can get into the act of fishing or whatever the trot line is this would be a good use for the dang things.
Elle Sagenev - I do believe this is the most truthful thing I have ever read about chickens! I love having them but they sure don't do as much around the homestead as I would like! I gotta look for some turkeys! And more ducks!
John Saltevit - Until this election is over I will maintain that I will not need to eat bugs. Once the election is over and I know how the country is going to be for the next decade then I may just need to consider eating them. This was also my husbands solution for them. Nope not quite there yet!
Chris Wells - Thank you, I will try the DE spray in the morning, I don't have the kaolin clay but I will look for some next time I go to town. I have the most luck in the morning when I shake them off and mostly the drop to the ground and then the chickens and ducks will get them, any other time of the day I try and do that and they get maybe 2 or 3 out of everyone that falls, now it all makes sense! You are correct in thinking I am just trying to save the plants vs. worrying about a harvest. The trees are just some cottonwoods I dug up from a lady a few miles down the road, I live in the middle of nowhere with the closest tree being at least 2 miles away in any direction, I really want the trees to survive! Shade and habitats for birds would be amazing, apparently the grasshoppers don't think so. The only plants I have left in the garden are tomato's and one pumpkin and one pea. The grasshoppers are even destroying the tomato plants! Leaves and all, stripped bare. I will try the DE spray first thing in the morning. Thank you so much for your help!
Thank you everyone for your ideas!!