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Five days and no posts in Home & Garden
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Hey it is I, noggie, nogs, noggins, aka Beverly -
Haha there is no garden here as the rain only stopped today, after 5 days we are SODDEN!!
And the home part of things is just interminable cleaning.
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Yeah, kinda sad, isn't it?Good friends are like diamonds...precious and rare.Comment
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And we have no garden because we have no rain. Cynders send some this way.Comment
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I could send some to you, but it comes with horrible wind and sometimes some lightning and thunder. It's almost as dark as night outside right now and it looks like it will stay thus according to the weather radar.
One storm going through now and it looks like ARM is sending me another that appears to be worse than the first.Good friends are like diamonds...precious and rare.Comment
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Lovely sunny weather here in Napier. My Magnolia Stellata is just coming into bloom and is a lovely sight. The camelias too are bursting out with flowers which is good because my favourites, Roses, are having a struggle trying to produce the odd bud or two as it is the beginning of Winter here.
Aren't gardens a joy? Always trying to think positively I refuse to mention the snails who have been devouring my sage plant.
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Fighting slugs...
This is from Mona's list of things to use cucumbers for:
4. Are grubs and slugs ruining your planting beds? Place a few slices in a small pie tin and your garden will be free of pests all season long. The chemicals in the cucumber react with the aluminum to give off a scent undetectable to humans but drive garden pests crazy and make them flee the area.Good friends are like diamonds...precious and rare.Comment
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Thank you for that tip. I will definately try it because I hate to use anything that could harm the birds. Recently after a shower of rain, I went with a torch late at night to check for snails. I was shocked by the number that I saw. I got advice from the garden centre and bought a snail bait which they assured me would do no harm. I have used it but am not confident about the 'do no harm' bit. Someone told me to use containers filled with beer which those little 'beggars' love, but the thought of trying to dispose of those drunken bodies just doesn't appeal to me. I guess that I will have to drink the beer instead of sharing it with them.
OK snails, I am declaring war. Now it is cucumber at Sunset.Comment
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LOL hope it works!Good friends are like diamonds...precious and rare.Comment
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It could be a waste of beer Maude, but in my experience the snails love the beer and drown in it...being organic means just tipping the beer and the snails into the compost and pour them another dish for any of their buddies that missed the party.
If it rains though, the whole system fails...oh well, have a beer and think of the next plan.
Political correctness is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end.Comment
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Maude, the beer works! So does hiring a few 9 year old boys to sprinkle salt on them. Disgustin' little creatures,boys are.
I've also used slug bait,and it never seemed to bother any of the pets, or visiting birds.Comment
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I am sure that everyone will be thinking that I have been drinking the beer instead of sharing it with the snails when I say that I have sprained my ankle and fractured my ribs. That is not true. I wouldn't deprive those dear slippery customers their last drink especially if I could be sure that it was their last. I injured myself getting out of my chair. No, don't ask me how, I just did it. One good thing is that I can now sit at the window contemplating the future of those wee beasties as I can't garden or do housework for a while.
Nothing to do with gardening but we in NZ have been plagued for a while now with phonecalls from o'seas trying to get fraudulent access to our bank accounts or computers. As I was typing this, the phone went and the man on the other end [sounded like an Asian] asked me to turn on my computer. I said that I didn't own one so he ended the conversation. Those people can be a real menace.Comment
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Maude, do you have caller ID. It sure helps screen those pesky calls and I can block 20 of them.
I hope those snails love their beer and drown in it. Do the birds like to eat the dead snails. That could be the solution to getting rid of dead bodies. Just dump dead snails and beer somewhere and give the birds a feast.
Don't feel bad about hurting self getting out of a chair. I somehow wrenched my shoulder last night--in my sleep. People can ask, and I can't tell, cause I don't know.
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I recently bought a new phone and wasn't wise enough to think of caller ID. I wish that I had because it would have saved a lot of trouble.
One way or another those snails are on their way out. At the moment they have a small reprieve but they had better make the most of it. I just wish that I wasn't so squeamish.Comment
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Maude, if you call your phone company maybe you can get them to add caller ID. I love it as I don't answer calls if it is a strange area code.Comment
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