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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl

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Posted - Aug 10 2008 :  8:40:17 PM  Show Profile
Ugh! My yard is INFESTED with grasshoppers. How I wish I had chickens right now!

So without adding a predator to the mix (Like chickens)- Does anyone have any ideas?

Luckily they seem to be leaving my strawberry plants alone, but my pepper plants look like someone attacked them with a cheese grater!

Alee
Farmgirl Sister #8
www.awarmheart.com
Please come visit Nora and me on our new blog:
www.farmgirlalee.blogspot.com

Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl

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Jenny
middle of Utah
USA
11381 Posts
Posted - Aug 10 2008 :  9:04:13 PM  Show Profile
They are really bad here right now too...I am worried about my pickling cukes...they seem to rest on them and every time I go to the garden they come jumping off...LOTS of them...ugh!!

Jenny in Utah
Proud Farmgirl sister #24
Inside me there is a skinny woman crying to get out...but I can usually shut her up with cookies
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Leezard
True Blue Farmgirl

950 Posts

Elizabeth
Novi MI
USA
950 Posts
Posted - Aug 11 2008 :  06:52:40 AM  Show Profile
I have no tips but I can comiserate, not with grasshoppers but we've got a plague of tomato worms on our tomato plants. Yuck!

http://ruby--slippers.blogspot.com/
www.leezard.etsy.com
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl

22944 Posts



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Posted - Aug 11 2008 :  07:16:19 AM  Show Profile
Okay- I found a fantastic website! Check this out, and don't forget to click "home" and investigate the whole site as it is amazing! It has some great companion planting tips and I went to sleep last night planning my garden for next year!

Alee
Farmgirl Sister #8
www.awarmheart.com
Please come visit Nora and me on our new blog:
www.farmgirlalee.blogspot.com
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StarMeadow
True Blue Farmgirl

940 Posts

T
MI
940 Posts
Posted - Aug 11 2008 :  07:27:31 AM  Show Profile
Alee, is the site you found on your blog?
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl

22944 Posts



22944 Posts
Posted - Aug 11 2008 :  07:40:29 AM  Show Profile
No I am just a silly goof and forgot to post the link! LOL Here it is:

http://www.ghorganics.com/page12.html

Alee
Farmgirl Sister #8
www.awarmheart.com
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Montrose Girl
Farmgirl Legend/Schoolmarm

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Laurie
Montrose CO
1360 Posts
Posted - Aug 11 2008 :  2:58:02 PM  Show Profile
It is a bad year everywhere. I live in western colorado and we have them. I'm in SD right now for work and they are inudated too.

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