This week's Food Reference Ezine has some trivia questions that are herbal in nature. I thought I'd pass them along (I did ok - about half and half). ...
Hi all. You were all so efficient in your suggestions about snails, I thought I'd pose my problem to the group. I live in an apartment, so I must make do with...
... One thing is that they appear to be attracted to areas of open dirt, where they think they might have buried something last year. Moving your plants around...
I don't have a huge squirrel problem but the occasional one will bury something in my pots. My husband has come up with an unusual solution... He has trained...
I am having a similar problem. I read some time ago( and now cannot find the information) about a planting a squirrel garden. It is plants squirrels ...
Beth Beaver
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Jun 6, 2005 3:32 pm
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... wrote: Try surrounding the pots they do like with the ones they don't, get a dog, get a cat, get a 2 year old (loved that suggestion) learn to love them...
Greetings, ... You won't like my solution, though it works..... Slingshot. They get the hint real quick that you're Not a Friendly Place to Be. If you go with...
Only wish the suggestions would WORK!!! Adhaniá ... From: "Lyn Tonnessen" <lyntonnessen@...> To: <SCA-Herbalist@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Monday, June 06,...
I have had problems with squirrels too. I grow my plants in half whiskey barrels. Well my bell pepper and tomato plants have been eaten and disappeared. I...
My father had some luck with squirrels using vaseline to coat the pole of the (in this case) birdfeeder he was trying to protect. Not only does it keep the...
What leaves are good for wrapping cheese? So far I have: Fig Grape Nettles Sage Controversial (some say use, others say avoid): Mugwort Sharon gordonse@......
We have never had a problem with the squirrels disturbing our plants in the 19 plus years my parents have lived in their home. However, we have always kept a...
I've been feeding them but they are burying their excess in my green house and then killing the plants when they dig them up. I love them too. Just trying to...
Beth Beaver
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Jun 7, 2005 3:23 pm
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Greetings - ... are they eating them? or just digging them up? If they are eating them then you have pre-seasoned meat to cook with ... (fur on or off) and...
grape leaves are my first choice usually wrapped around the mild soft cheeses. young spinach leaves. various lettuce and cabbage leaves. If you are thinking of...
"In some folklore, sage like ginger can bring on a late menses. Also, slow down lactation, increase appetite and ease gaseous stomach. (not recommended for...
... I believe that sage has less thujone-- but check out the herbal reference books in your local library, such as the PDR for herbal medicine. -- -- Jadwiga...
Richard Foreman and Jas. W. Mahoney (James W.) The Cherokee Physician, or Indian Guide to Health, as Given by Richard Foreman, a Cherokee Doctor; Comprising a...
I have squirrels or lizards eating the tops off my brocolli. I am going to try to surrond the garden with pepper spray that we have to keep the cats out....
I have container gardens at my apartment too and have fought off the infamous grey squirrels! And worse, I'm on the ground floor. They do not like Rosemary or...
Okay, I have put off telling you all about this for too long, now. I cannot contain the secret any longer! Most wild animals will shy away from the "scent of a...
And for those of us who are more modest, you can get bobcat and fox urine from the local Agway to keep the pests away. -A'isha (mka Ro) P.S. Some critters...
... "marking your ... pouring it ... beasties can, ... armadillos, voles, ... once a month. Hm... I wonder if the medieval custom of country commoners...
Good idea, thanks. I just went to the store today and found an herbal remedy of thyme oil, pepermint oil and white pepper. It is in an inorganic material that...
Beth Beaver
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Jun 15, 2005 5:45 pm
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Squirrel trouble, Perhaps if the cats are not doing significant damage beyond adding to the fertilizing of the ground do not try to keep them out, we have very...
Oh Trimaris or Southern Florida. We have wild Iquana's and Chamelions and a couple of other creepy things that I have seen in the back yard. I am pretty sure...
The sage and rosemary, if planted, can help to deter cabbage moths too. The essential oils that are secreted seep into the ground via the roots and over a...
