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This is what we use to keep cats from killing the nesting birds in our garden. Not a cheap option, but it does work. You may need more than one. http://images.google.com/imgres?imgu...a%3DN%26um% 3D1 It is the cat deterrent recommended by The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds. RSPB.

Coyotes and racoons are not usually a war with each other, in my view... for example, coyotes on the West Coast will attack small pets before they venture on a frisky racoon....

I sure hope someone replies to this that knows the answer. We also have a terrible problem with them. Not just in the kitchen, they are all over the house. Someone told me they come up the drains, but like you we keep ours closed tight. Buzz

are they fire ants or regular ants?

Follow directions on label.

i use cotton squabs dipped in rubbing alcohol and then touch to the bugs. then i get a freshly dipped swab and rub up/down the leaves and stems to try to get any juveniles and eggs. repeat treatment in about 10 days and then again if needed.

we also had a greenhouse aphid infestation this year. I hope your ladybugs work for you... We were told by our local insect expert that the best way to control greenhouse infestation is to clear out all plant life for a minimum of 2 weeks, so the aphids have nothing to survive on and will die out. (You'd have to make sure any plants returned afterwards were bug free, of course!) The best time ...

He lists the plant as Elymus ( Agropyron , Elytrigia ) repens Quackgrass. Couchgrass. Quitchgrass. Dog Grass. Twitch. Devil's Grass. Whickens. Scutch Grass. Witch Grass. Quickgrass. because THAT is the world that exists, a world of evolving botanical names subject to acceptance and rejection by various authors - and a world of many, many more non-botanists than botanists who ...

Maybe change the soil conditions, perhaps even installing drain lines if possible. Creeping buttercup grows in certain kinds of wetland-type soils. Indicator Plants of Coastal British Columbia (1989, UBC Press, Vancouver) says it does not like shade, does like moisture and nitrogen, pops up after disturbance in wet places - especially exposed mineral soils along streams. Since the soil on your ...