Diatomaceous earth. Now, there is an alternative to aerosol neurotoxin to eradicate my bug problem. *giggle*
Ok..actually, I am serious. But I just love that word. *grin* Gives me flash backs to biology in ......*thinking*.....oh, 9th grade. Sitting in the back ooohhhhing and aaahhhhing over hugely enlarged pictures of diatomes and my friend Becky deciding then and there she would be a marine biologist. *grin* I think she joined the armed forces actually after attending Notre Dame. We lost touch when I moved State-side. Wonder what she's up to now???
Anyway. Something else. Back to what I was posting about - DIATOMACEOUS EARTH. (IF this were a miniseries that would still be echoing. *laugh*)
I think it would be an even better choice than the Boric acid I have been using. Either way, it must be understood that it isn't completely without hazards - I mean, you still don't want to inhale the stuff. Who needs microscopic bits of fossil lodged willy nilly in their lung tissue? Not me. *grin* And keeping in mind that we need beneficial insects (yes, I know that the others are beneficial in their own ways but I'm not addressing those) we don't want to use this where it might cause a worse problem in the garden if sprayed all over or erratically without thought. (isn't that last part redundant? *laugh* " ....red tomato..most tomatoes are red....it's redundant." *laugh*)
Apparently, I have no focus today. *grin* So, I'm going to stop. Feel free to check out the link or do a google. *smile*
Monday 24 October 2005
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Two nights ago I was up late, watching infomercials and one of them really caught my interest (despite the fact that it was 3 a.m. and my eyes were shutting involuntarily).
There is a book titled something like, "1001 earth friendly pest control methods" or whatever.
Anyway, apparently if you dab tabasco or other really hot sauce where cockroaches are around, it'll get rid of them because roaches hate hot sauce or anything spicy.
So here's another use for those little packets of Taco Bell hot sauce that doesn't get consumed.
Little cockroaches liquored up on hot sauce and hat dancing to the tune of "La Cucaracha."
That's just too funny.
Y'all, if I see something that looks like it came from "Joe's Apartment"-like raoches dancing - I will have to move out. That's all there is to it! *laugh*
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