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celticeagle @celticeagle (189819) • Boise, Idaho 7 Apr

We get a newsletter 3 or 4 times a year from the city. I got one today. I looked it over and was going to chuck it when I noticed a note from the city council on the back. It seems that these turkeys we see are termed 'urban...

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Coffee Can Do Wonders For Your Garden

celticeagle @celticeagle (189819) • Boise, Idaho 24 Aug

Before you throw out the coffee grounds considers some possibilities. Coffee grounds are rich in nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium and calcium. All nutrients that can improve the soil and produce healthy plants. Here are a few of...

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Natural Pest Control

celticeagle @celticeagle (189819) • Boise, Idaho 23 Apr 25

I don't garden anymore. I wish I had a place where I could but, fate hasn't allowed for that. I do enjoy reading about it and seeing what new plants and such are on the market now. One thing I think is very important is pest...

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Time to Spray Already

Jim Bauer @porwest (112780) • United States 30 Mar 25

Luckily, I have some triazicide in the garage I can mix up in my hand sprayer since already I have some wasps buzzing around in the typical areas they tend to want to start nesting, in and around my mailbox and around my main...

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When Australia went to war on emus

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381837) • Rockingham, Australia 10 Dec 22

A new feature film starring English comedian John Cleese will tell the story of the time the Australian Army took on the emu and lost. During the Great Depression of the early 1930s, migrating emus were wreaking havoc to farmers’...

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Attack of the Japanese Beetles

CarolDM @CarolDM (203396) • Nashville, Tennessee 14 Jul 21

Snapped this photo of two Japanese beetles on my rose of sharon blooms. They look all nice with their shiny green metallic-green bodies and copper-colored wing covers. But don't let that fool you. They will destroy your...

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Roaches, Rats and Termites.

rakski @rakski (156260) • Philippines 22 Aug 20

Today, me and my SIL visited a nephew whose having family problems. We helped him moved his room to the old room of his grandmother. The grandmother was leaving with them but moved to the other son's house beside...

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What happens when the pests aren't the real pests?

Amber @AmbiePam (120593) • United States 18 Feb 20

About every four months my apartment sends out a letter that states pest control will be coming by to spray. I have never had any bug problems, but the maintenance man tells me I am one of the few whose apartment is not a pig sty....

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A Freaking Bed Bug???

Jim Bauer @porwest (112780) • United States 20 Nov 19

I was sitting at the computer desk in my hotel room, when for whatever reason I looked up and saw something creeped up between where the wall and ceiling meets. It was small, kind of looked black (due to the lighting), but also...

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Raccoons on the Roof

LindaOH @LindaOHio (222285) • United States 8 Oct 19

For quite some time now, in the middle of the night, we've been hearing a lot of noise on the roof. Some nights it's so loud I think that someone is on the deck and is going to break in! But it's the raccoons! They can do a lot...

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Cockroaches

Gogata Ionut @Kasjnak (4489) • Romania 30 Jun 19

Ugh, those nasty little creepers... I saw a bunch of them lately . Definitely not one of my favourite creatures, I could live without them perfectly. A few days ago I was returning from a walk with my son and this...

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What bugs are bugging you the most these days?

The Horse @TheHorse (238277) • Walnut Creek, California 10 Jun 19

I bought some dried mangoes at Trader Joe's yesterday. I enjoy them at room temperature, and would like to leave them on my counter, or in the cupboard, but I can't The reason? I have fruit flies living in my kitchen. They get...

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I Order A Dog And Cats Dewormer

Janeth @janethwayne (5191) • Philippines 20 Mar 19

Hi everyone hows your life going on now.Today, I browse and look for a dewormer for my dogs and cats.Yes I order a dog and cats dewormer because it is important to give them a dose for them to be free from worms and for them to be...

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Buzz, Buzz

vanessa greer @madgreer77 (177) • United States 15 Mar 19

One warm day. That is all it took for the annoying flies to start their buzz buzz. Next will be the mosquitoes. I swear we have them here that would rival the amazon. Last year for the Forth of July, I sat still for a total of ten...

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There are different kinds of wildlife.

marguicha @marguicha (230334) • Chile 4 Feb 19

I just read a post about snakes that were brought to the US years ago by stupid people. When they discovered that they could not manage their 'pets', they turned them loose. And now they are eating every living being that comes...

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My lovely hibiscus in bloom

sofs @sofssu (23660) 13 Dec 18

This is one of my favorite hibiscus. I can't say I love hibiscus, but I cannot deny the fact that it fills the garden with much needed color all through the year. These are prone to pest attacks, aphids and white mealy bugs...

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Murder on my mind

sofs @sofssu (23660) 6 Dec 18

Well I did spy a few pest yesterday on my plants. There are the evil white mealy bugs and the deadly aphids. Both are serial killers, very nasty and surgical in their approach. . This morning I prowl around water gun in hand,...

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Bella Has A New Job

Sherry Smith @morgoodie (2644) • United States 22 Jul 18

The other night, Bella was outside doing her business and just meandering around the yard. She had been out for quite a while and I told my daughter to check on her. Bella was in the flower bed which isn't used right now and she...

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Don't feed the wildlife

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381837) • Rockingham, Australia 14 Jun 18

There is a notice at the car park in the Freycinet National Park asking tourists not to feed the wildlife. Although this was once encouraged, it is now known that unnatural foods can make them very sick. Possums, wallabies and...

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We have deer!

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381837) • Rockingham, Australia 13 Jun 18

I have often mentioned that Australia has kangaroos whereas America has deer. However it seems that we have deer too and in sufficient numbers to warrant a warning sign being placed on some roads. I knew there were wild deer in...

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