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crafter
True Blue Farmgirl
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lori
Fort Atkinson
Wisconsin
USA
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 Posted - Jun 10 2010 : 3:47:38 PM
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Can anyone share with me a safe, fast way to get rid of this pesty creatures?
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sherrye
True Blue Farmgirl
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sherry
bend in the high desert
oregon
USA
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Posted - Jun 11 2010 : 2:23:03 PM
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yes we use DE. fossil shells there are sharp and cut the wig. very safe happy days sherrye
the learn as we go silk purse farm
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crafter
True Blue Farmgirl
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lori
Fort Atkinson
Wisconsin
USA
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Posted - Jun 14 2010 : 1:22:11 PM
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Montrose Girl
Farmgirl Legend/Schoolmarm
1360 Posts
Laurie
Montrose
CO
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Posted - Jun 14 2010 : 5:08:57 PM
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diatomaceous earth. your nursery should carry it.
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Bear5
True Blue Farmgirl
13055 Posts
Louisiana/Texas
USA
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Posted - Jun 14 2010 : 5:24:53 PM
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I am wondering what is earwigs? I guess it is some kind of insect.
Marly
"It's only when we truly know and understand that we have a limited time on earth- and that we have no way of knowing when our time is up- that we will begin to live each day to the fullest, as if it was the only one we had." Elisabeth Kurler-Ross |
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Mama Jewel
True Blue Farmgirl
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Jewel
Sweet Peas Farmette,
Bend, OR
USA
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Posted - Jun 14 2010 : 9:22:36 PM
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Marly, they're nasty insects with longish brown skinny bodies and sharp pincers on the ends. Gives me the shivers. Yes, diatomaceous earth is the way to go! It's a good organic method & okay for use around kids & pets.
Love...always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. 1 Cor 13:7
Farm Girl Sister #1683 Living Simply & Naturally
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MrsRooster
True Blue Farmgirl
1168 Posts
Amy
Seabrook
TX
USA
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Posted - Jun 15 2010 : 07:49:28 AM
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Get rid of wood around the house. If you have to stack wood, put it away from the house. They like dark areas. They love anything wood and moist.
The sting from this insect is so very painful. Your hand and arm or foot and leg will go numb. You can get a staph infection very easy from it. The pain and numbness will last for hours. Nasty
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laurentany
True Blue Farmgirl
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Laurie
Patchogue
NY
USA
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Posted - Jun 15 2010 : 6:56:45 PM
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OH how I hate those litle buggers!!! My chickens on the other hand love to eat them! this time of year when I open the doo to the pen the fall out onto the ground and the chickens go nuts for them!Gross!
Good luck- sounds like DE is the way to go!
Smiles,
Laurie
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phonelady
True Blue Farmgirl
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Carla
Loveland
Colorado
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Posted - Jun 17 2010 : 10:54:36 PM
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The other way to get rid of them is to fill tuna cans with cooking oil a 1/4 inch from the top. Set these out overnight [that's when the things come out and eat all the starter plants. The next morning you have to empty the tuna cans of the dead bug bodies.
Smiles!
Carla
It's not just life-
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