tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5847491402442204726.post3072481776914303113..comments2023-09-05T21:33:40.537+08:00Comments on Barb'sBackyard: Pests and Weeds.Barb.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11383714327462070532noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5847491402442204726.post-84790109179019910252011-09-17T06:21:40.996+08:002011-09-17T06:21:40.996+08:00Thanks for that Rob, that sounds easy enough, even...Thanks for that Rob, that sounds easy enough, even for me.<br />If I have any EO here I will try it during the week.<br /><br />I have found a source of DE too. Right here in my hometown, a chookbreeder sells it from her house. So simple when you know...<br /><br />Barb.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5847491402442204726.post-48531837712821282822011-09-15T05:26:31.344+08:002011-09-15T05:26:31.344+08:00Hi Barb...
I found this recipe on the Gardening Au...Hi Barb...<br />I found this recipe on the Gardening Aust forums while trying to help a family member out with a slater infestation...<br />Eucalyptus oil spray<br /><br />Eucalyptus oil, like many essential oils, kills scale insects, aphids, earwigs, slugs, slaters, whiteflies, mites and many other pests. It is a non-residual spray, best applied around seedlings and at the base of plants.<br />To make the spray, combine 1 teaspoon of eucalyptus oil with 500 ml of soapy water. Generally speaking a solution of about 2% eucalyptus oil in water is considered a good general-purpose insect spray. You can repeat the spray every three days.<br /><br />Hope that helps some...bnbob01https://www.blogger.com/profile/03547138866448495441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5847491402442204726.post-89256699370544518872011-09-12T12:24:21.912+08:002011-09-12T12:24:21.912+08:00Anonymous, are you Barb? LOL Yes, I have heard goa...Anonymous, are you Barb? LOL Yes, I have heard goats and sheep eat more than you want them to. I think that is why they are staked so they cannot reach your prized things.<br /><br />Yes, you do need the one NOT used in pools. How about an internet search for suppliers in your local area. Or, if that fails, just start calling places that have chicken food or farm type supplies. Then, you could drive. <br /><br />Maybe you should not ask for food grade, because the guy I bought from said they did not carry food grade, just the stuff for hen houses and animal use...grrrr...okay, just give it to me, now!<br /><br />Who won't allow you? Husband? Well, poo, when you bring them home, he will love them. Let one little ducky give him a kiss as the others win his heart swimming in a pool of water. <br /><br />Okay, here is a bizarre method I heard. Catch a bunch/cups of the offending bugs, whirr them in a blender with water, strain and use the liquid to spray the trees. Gross? I would have to have someone else blending bugs.Practical Parsimonyhttp://www.practical-parsimony.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5847491402442204726.post-84856429768963351262011-09-11T18:45:17.869+08:002011-09-11T18:45:17.869+08:00It's just all too hard!!!!!!
OK, not really b...It's just all too hard!!!!!!<br /><br />OK, not really but...We did have a sheep to keep the grass down but he ate the trees and many many years ago we had a goat, it kept getting away but it too ate the trees...and then it died. Snake bite we think. The foxes got all our ducks and I'm not **allowed** to get more as I have too many chooks.<br />The Rural guy doesn't sell the DE but he was the one that said we needed the one they didn't use in pool filters. I should look elsewhere but am rarely elsewhere. Should write myself a note and stick it to the steering wheel.<br /><br />Lisa, any chance of a recipe. My traps caught a lot but there must have been too many last season. I put the traps out as soon as the weather warms up. Tomorrows first job.<br /><br />And mulching out the front? I have given all my boxes away. lol. I have thought about it but the grass does grow through, We tried that out the back.<br /><br />Thanks for that recipe Linda. I have used a similar one.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5847491402442204726.post-82912028282694843312011-09-11T15:54:02.398+08:002011-09-11T15:54:02.398+08:00My neigbour put me onto a non-toxic fruit fly trap...My neigbour put me onto a non-toxic fruit fly trap mix, he swears in the last three years his fruit fly went from outrageous to very minimal, he thinks the trick is to start earlier than you think and leave the traps later.<br /><br />We are trying it this year - fingers crossed!Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12439757929481857003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5847491402442204726.post-55162301902365339452011-09-11T12:25:07.743+08:002011-09-11T12:25:07.743+08:00What about just mulching that whole front area wit...What about just mulching that whole front area with 6 inches of bark mulch? Sheet mulching it first with cardboard? Or are you not allowed to cause it's on the verge?Leenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5847491402442204726.post-21522985113091958422011-09-11T09:41:38.764+08:002011-09-11T09:41:38.764+08:00Ducks and goats...LOL...ducks in the garden and go...Ducks and goats...LOL...ducks in the garden and goats staked under the trees. <br /><br />The guy may be confused about the food grade. There are only two kinds...one kind goes in pools and not for your use. The other kind is food grade, used for nesting places and other animals beds, and for putting in grains and beans to keep pests away. If he is rural, is he selling to that many pool owners that he stocks it in his business? <br /><br />The stuff I buy is food grade. But, the guy said it was not. He said people use it to feed their animals, keep down bugs in litter, dust chickens. So, it IS food grade, he just does not know it. If it were the other kind, the pool kind, my hens would have died.<br /><br />Anytime you poison the grass, won't the residue spread to the food area and chicken area? I don't blame you or your husband for not wanting him to mow all day on his day off. But, the loss of grass will cause erosion. Grass helps keep the moisture for trees, too. <br /><br />You can use a poison from your kitchen...<br />In blender:<br />onion<br />3 hot peppers<br />garlic<br />Blend with cup of hot water.<br />Let stand overnight<br />strain through fine cloth<br /><br />In a quart of water add:<br />1/2 cup of above mixture<br />2 Tbsp Dawn dishwashing liquid<br />2 Tbsp oil of any kind. <br /><br />Spray on plants.<br /><br />I used a quart spray bottle, but you probably use something larger. My friends who have orchards use only this for their fruit and never have bugs.<br /><br />There is something called BT that people use, some sort of fungus or something. <br /><br />For goodness sake, you have to be able to sit in the sun and read! <br /><br />Goats and ducks...put them to work! Okay, my advice to you that I will probably not follow...lol.<br /><br />How are the baby chicks?Practical Parsimonyhttp://www.practical-parsimony.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com