At some point, I think I mentioned that I busted up my ankle, and how glorious it was. I think the painkillers must have been going to my head. There pretty much isn’t anything fun about the entire process that I can think of at this point. I can’t move around very well–sleeping in my Frankenstein boot is near impossible, and trying to use stairs is an exercise in looking like an idiot, feeling like an idiot, and perhaps falling on your face and sliding to the bottom of the stairs to start all over again–like an idiot. These kinds of things make me crabby. I want to choose to look like an idiot. [click to continue…]
We talked about organic ways to kill snails in our article about using beer as snail bait. The problem with that technique is not that it’s ineffective, it’s that you have to sacrifice beer in the name of snail killing. That’s just not a sacrifice I’m willing to make. Several weeks ago, a massive snail assault began on our property. When I went outside in the evening or early morning, it was like Night of The Living Dead …. snails disconcertingly converging on us from every direction. I briefly entertained leaving them be, especially since our 3 year old daughter loved pointing them out to me every morning. She’d grab one and say “Look daddy, a snail!” Now that I’m writing this, it’s making me realize I’ve been a horrible father. . . . I have massacred my daughter’s favorite morning entertainment. Luckily she can’t read, so let’s just keep this review of Garden Safe Organic Slug and Snail Bait between you and me, shall we? [click to continue…]
Liquid Fence’s information page on their snake repellent asks: “Are Snakes Terrorizing your Family, Pets, and Livestock?”. #@!$ no! Snakes are terrorizing me! My wife and pets can fend for themselves–all I have to be is faster than them. I dislike snakes. A lot. I know I am not alone in this–but seriously–what are they for? Fine. Get all PETA on me and tell me how many uses snakes have. I think they belong in two places: Hell and Zoos. Both are probably similar from the snake perspective. [click to continue…]
If you’re eating or drinking a dairy product, it’s probably best that you either put it down or come back to this blog when you’re finished. Why? Because the more I hear the term “milky spore”, the more I’m turned off by the thought of moo juice.
Milky spore, also known as Paenibacillus popilliae (but only its mom calls it that), is a bacteria that is lethal to the über gardening pest, the Japanese Beetle. The Japanese Beetle is most definitely not what you want in your garden or lawn. It and its larvae have a voracious appetite, munching on pretty much everything from roses to tomatoes to strawberries to herbs and have infested a large portion of eastern United States and Canada. Thankfully, Milky spore is available for purchase under the St. Gabriel Organics brands. Here are the deets: [click to continue…]
