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• Mosquito Repellent for Your Yard

  
  Danny Lipford — Authority: 134
  ThermaCELL mosquito repellent provides an odorless 15’ x 15’ mosquito-free zone around you wherever you go. The butane cartridge inside the unit vaporizes the insecticide on the repellent pad to provide protection in a matter of minutes. ThermaCELL mosquito appliances are available at The Home Depot . Related ...
  16 hours ago

• Farmers on hunger strike in Orissa

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 708
  Kalahandi (Orissa), Nov 12 (ANI): Farmers in Kalahandi District have gone on an indefinite hunger strike today, demanding compensation for crop damage. Scores of farmers assembled at the Block office and met officials to highlight their demands.Paddy crops over thousands of hectares have been damaged by cash worm ...
  17 hours ago

• Need help with Boisduval scale

  
  Orchid Board - Most Complete Orchid Forum on the web ! — Authority: 163
  :hello This is my first posting! After fighting scale with alcohol & cotton swaps for a year I am ready to give up. I have approx. 150 Cattleyas, but spend my time fighting scale and not enjoying my orchids. I have purchased Bayer Advanced All In One Rose & Flower Care (concentrate, 32oz) and would like to dip ...
  1 day ago

• Environment Minister rejects Traveston Dam

  
  eco media — Authority: 423
  Environment Minister Peter Garrett has proposed rejecting the Traveston Crossing Dam project, after deciding the impacts on threatened species would be too great. The decision has been welcomed by conservation groups .
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• Phal. Hybrid has yellow spots on leaves.

  
  Orchid Board - Most Complete Orchid Forum on the web ! — Authority: 163
  :hello Im new at growing orchids and I have a problem with my Phal.noid. I notist some yellow spots on top of the leaves. Also some of the under side of the leaves have some round grayish indentation looking spots. Here are some pictures of them. Could please help me? Attachment 38541 Attachment 38542 ...
  2 days ago

• Big changes at the kitchen sink

  
  down---to---earth — Authority: 511
  Ive come full circle. I started off my dish cleaning duties as a young girl when my sister and I had to dry when mum washed up. I grew up doing that and now I recall it fondly as a time of family conversations, pushing my sister (she reads my blog and shell probably add more to that) and sometimes, only sometimes, ...
  2 days ago

• snakes! eye luvvum!

  
  Scab of a nation, driven insane — Authority: 122
  i don’t understand my snake. he eats three medium adult mice about every six weeks or so, except that recently he’s been acting like he’s hungry (trying to find a way out of his enclosure, “hunting” behaviour, hissing and rattling his tail, that sort of thing), but when i put a mouse in his enclosure, he ...
  2 days ago

• A tale of gardening failure

  
  The Constant Gardener — Authority: 120
  My poor apple trees.I was raking up the leaves theyve so generously been scattering all over my chicken run, and to relieve the monotony (and the ache in my shoulders) decided to have a closer look at them - something I dont do nearly often enough.I found them etched with a sorry tale of years of callous neglect from ...
  2 days ago

• No Joke: Nota Bene for 9 November 2009

  
  Scholars and Rogues — Authority: 587
  Well I figured I’d give you all a break and spare you the wacky and profane puns and snark. I’m going to directly quote a single line or phrase from each of the links; the quote may have little or nothing to do with the subject. Enjoy! … “So I finally squeezed his bullocks a bit to get his recipe” … “ ...
  2 days ago

• SHRIEK! Invasion of the Cave Crickets

  
  In the Garden — Authority: 124
  From In the Garden Shriek ! Scream! Help! Can you hear me now? Perhaps not but if you had been any where near my little town in Tennessee you may have heard my shrieks when I encountered some cave crickets in my outside storage shed. It wasnt so much the cave crickets themselves, but the fact that when I ...
  3 days ago

• Fungi Good and Bad

  
  Gardeners Tips — Authority: 128
  Mushrooms and toadstools are having a good season due to the mild weather in October. Like bracket fungi they produce large fruit-bodies as reproductive organs above ground and are called macro-fungi. Some are edible whist others hallucinogenic or deadly poison. The fungus proper is the mycelium a web of of ...
  3 days ago

• granular pesticide for indoor orchids?

  
  Orchid Board - Most Complete Orchid Forum on the web ! — Authority: 163
  Can anyone tell me if theres a decent granular pesticide that can be used on orchids grown indoors, please? I dont have any pets, and I would like to find something that will get rid of the insects (mainly pillbugs and millipedes) that have decided to accompany my plants now that theyve been brought indoors for the ...
  3 days ago

• Fungicide Recommendations Please

  
  Orchid Board - Most Complete Orchid Forum on the web ! — Authority: 163
  I know that cinnimon is great for spot treatment, but I am hoping to get some advice on a commercial fungicide spray for more ubiquitous fungus infections, such as for instance the rot that happens inside the crown and to leaves of my Phals if water collected in the area where the leaves connect to the stem. Or, for ...
  5 days ago

• Oncidium Alliance trouble?

  
  Orchid Board - Most Complete Orchid Forum on the web ! — Authority: 163
  :hello...Ive had this Oncidium since 2007. Last spring, I separated the plant and it actually took to that well. Now, Im seeing both plants are actually losing leaves and bulbs are dying. Looking at the pictures, the one on the left, when they lose their leaves, they have all looked this same way with the black ...
  5 days ago

• IPM – Part 1

  
  Garden in Bethlehem PA — Authority: 113
  . Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Man at the market: "My wife asked me to buy ORGANIC vegetables. Have these been sprayed with any poisonous chemicals?" - "No," replied the gardener, "youll have to do that yourself." Anon . I sat in on an IPM class at Lehigh County Extension this week. I came away ...
  5 days ago

• Getting Rid of Fruit Flies and Fungus Gnats

  
  Urban Garden Casual — Authority: 112
  By Vanesa Richins Sometimes you might find tiny insects flying around your kitchen or houseplants. There are two main culprits to consider - fruit flies and fungus gnats. Most of us are familiar with fruit flies. These pesky tiny nuisances always seem to appear when you have fruit in the kitchen for more than a ...
  5 days ago

• fungus on phal?

  
  Orchid Board - Most Complete Orchid Forum on the web ! — Authority: 163
  Are these spots fungus, how can i threat it, with contact or systematic fungicides?
  6 days ago

• Another farmer commits suicide in Orissa

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 708
  Bolangir (Orissa), Nov 6(ANI): A farmer in Orissa’s Bolangir district committed suicide after incurring huge losses due to pest attack.According to reports, Baldev Barik of Keseipalli village in Bolangir district allegedly committed suicide on Thursday by consuming pesticide after insects and pests attacked five ...
  6 days ago

• San Francisco’s Composting-Related Fruit Fly Invasion Solved With Home Remedies

  
  San Francisco Citizen — Authority: 509
  Now, here’s what I mean about “composting-related” – our new initiatives  in San Francisco are going to take a while to get used to, and during this transition I’ve noticed a whole bunch of fruit flies that weren’t around before. Maybe this is just me, but the guy at Cole’s Hardware says the $15 ...
  1 week ago

• Dead Fly Art

  
  mental_floss Blog — Authority: 131
  Swedish photographer Magnus Muhr makes great cartoons from dead flies placed strategically on paper. As you can see, the result looks like an acid-induced reenvisioning of The Far Side , only without any actual punchlines. I wonder what PETA would say about this “art.” If they were enraged over president ...
  1 week ago

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