Another tip for Foxy Lady......I was watching a cooking programme set in Marocco & they were growing lots of grapes on overhead trellis, then on the ground they stuck a stick with an orange on the end of it, the orange was covered in syrup & all the bugs were attracted to it & they left the grapes overhead alone!
Dont know if this helps at all, but it worked well in Marocco & its enviro friendly too!

Foxy Lady: Ok the first day it isnt raining spray.

Rose: LOL we got rain today also.

Foxy Lady: that bites.. if it really rained hard then its best to spray again today

nobleheart: Oh wow and the sting does hurt.
So far know wasps just those beetles chewing on my grapevine leaves.

Rose lol it rained after Ted sprayed/

be careful,this happened to my mom friday..wasps are attracted to the wet clothes on the line in this dry weather.
she dropped a towel picked it up..wasp trapped inside it stung her in the arm

ScarletRose: Hmmmmmm that sounds good for later.Beetles can be a pain,i had to start drying clothes inside dang it.

nobleheart: *blush*

ScarletRose: junebug:

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Foxy Lady: Okay.. while we are sipping on wine.. *the bottle*.. we can have your hubby spray! Such a nice man he is.. I just don't wanna break a nail ya know! ;)

Rose: Ok my hubby is going to pick up a bottle and i'll PM you. Those beetles can also mess up a clothesline of clothes drying,back to using my dryer.

Rose: Heck I might buy some just to put on my screens.. I got the June bugs.. or may beetles all over my window screens.. ewwwwwwwwwieeeeeeeeee..

Foxy Lady: buy neem oil. you can get it in a small bottle about 12 bucks will last you the summer.. This stuff isnt toxic to plants, pets, birds or ppl but bugs hate the taste. I use it on everying and finally am bug free this year! FI you buy it let me know I will tell you how to use it

Ok now i got bettles chewing on my grapevine just the leaves.Soapy water doesn't work on these buggers.

Eriisa: mangold increases the milk production of cows. ~*~

an insider tip: snails avoid tagetes smell - it's kinda
natural barrier, even more at blooming time - but careful
- tagetes juice might inflict skin irritation with sensible people. ~*~

nobleheart: Hello farmer sam LOLOL.....well you wont be getting anything shortly.....I asked you for a music preference and that was a real request. You named some people that Australia has never heard of...You see I send the seeds in a CD container and will not waste CD, postage or time on crap....oops....thats good for the garden isnt it.....sorry....

let me know your preference of music...country or what.....remember Im an older woman....and if you really were serious about getting these seeds you could send me $10 australian to cover it LOLOLOL

Im not a millionaire or I wouldnt ask :)

nobleheart: ElNana i just want some nice weather not too hot or cold.lol

ScarletRose:

nobleheart: Oh you found me! LOL

BerniceC: steve waits patiently for his paw paw seeds

nobleheart: *steve waves hi back to ScarletRose*

Foxy Lady: complex causes:
global warming
natural long term climate cycles
solar radiation fluxuation cycle
El Niño,El Niña

Dolittle and/or Bwildman.....how are your Paw paw"s going?

Foxy Lady: we have spent the last few weeks in the 80's and 90's with the heat index most days in the 100's and now its 69

Eriisa: We were running in the 90's and today was high 74 and our nites are aiming at low 50's go figure.

nobleheart: I wonder what causes the weather to change so much.

Foxy Lady: our weather in richmond hill, ontario has been nuts too. We went from an unseasonably cold wet spring in a snap into hot summer...then we had 13 day heatwave(90-99 F) no rain no wind...now it has turnind cool again


*waves hi to Noble*

Here's Dallas weather for you. We hit our high of 95 by 11am yesterday, but then some storms came through in the afternoon, so we hit our low of 75 at 3pm.

*shakes head*

We been in the 90's can you believe were going into the 50's tonite? High for today is 74.

nobleheart: Grapes=wine your right

Foxy Lady: good,glad to here that your grapes are ok,even if the fruit flies wine about it.

Happy to say my grapevine is doing just great.Guess the soapy water is working.

Well it is fruit flys on my grapevine.Still using the soapy water.

Eriisa: mothballs work with snakes too i live in the country and we have the occasional snake that tried to move in but have found they dont like the scent of mothballs either

marigolds... rubber gloves.... sure! Must have something to do with potatoe alarm clocks... right?

bumble:

harley: Planting marigolds is a bit weird though. Who wants a garden full of rubber gloves?

Ooh thanks for that, I didn't know pepper kept them off by burning their paws, I'm glad I didn't opt for that one! I would have thought it was the smell they didn't like.
I'll give the moth balls a go first, they should work. If theres any problems I'll try Bernices nephowotsit powder, I like the idea of keeping away cockroaches and mice as well! Not that I've seen any here, but we do get beetles that LOOK like cockroaches on first glance, they're so big!

harley-littertray: I've just seen a site that has a few suggestions. Sprinkling pepper is one, planting marigolds is another... and Scarlet's citrus peel is another.

Stretcher

I didn't think of the kids, the garden is open, no fence or anything so any kid can pick things up from there. We were going to put bark down anyway, I guess a light covering of bark over them wouldn't stop the smell getting through, but it would hide them from the kids.

Rose: Hey, RosieRingworm - you got me into trouble and ran away!

I guess moth balls must be a bit iffy with kids around. I must get a gross.
I'm sure I read somewhere about a certain plant that keeps cats away. They hate the smell. Sort of the opposite of catnip! I'll have a look around and report back.

but if some of you may just not be aware of.. aren't they poisonous?? If you have small children around.. or that can access the area you are trying to maintain.. you may wish to use the smell of citrus to keep the kitties out.. Orange rinds or Lemon peels.. just squeeze the peels onto the dirt the oils will help deter the pesky kitties.. you probably could even bury the peels..

Eriisa: Hmmmmmmm ask Bumble Snakes we don't have ewwwwwww.

BerniceC: Thats very true about watching the kiddies.I use moth balls when i pack our winter clothes.Ever see what Moths do to sweaters they look like Swiss Cheese(thats cheese with holes in it.

do moth balls or the flakes work for snakes too?

hehehe...you lot :)

if you had a moth ball in each hand....what have you got....











a whopping great moth LOL

sorry Foxy.

Be careful with moth balls that kids dont pick them up thinking they are lollies...very dangerous....try naphthalene flakes..safer...I use them in my garden shed to stop cockroaches and mice....it works well :)

bumble: Yes moth balls work for dogs so should for the cats.My Granmother puts the moth balls around her flower beds and her trees.Keeps the dogs away.

bumble: have you even seen moth balls?I didnt know they had any.

Brilliant!! Thanks Bumble, you're good for something after all!!