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Re: Wasp statistics and Re: generalizations




It's nice to hear that someone else is having similar results.  I've
worried that my experience was a fluke. :)

I've had new development as of night before last.  In my garden I found
my first toad!  I thought they were extinct in my area.  Maybe I could
consider reintroducing anoles, skinks...

Don Chapman wrote:
> 
> Very interesting thread.  Like Jack, I grew up on a farm where spraying
> 2-4,D and 2-4-5, T on weeds and DDT and Lord-knows-what was common.  I
> expect I might pay for that some day.
> 
> Since discovering how much better soil-improvement methods work (going
> beyond just compost), I know exactly what he means when he talks about a
> variety of insects living in the garden.  Mine is absolutely alive, either
> on the vegetables or on the strip of wildflowers I maintain in the hobby
> orchard near the garden.  And, neither my veggies nor my fruit suffer any
> significant losses any more.
> 
> I can't prove it, but I do believe things taste better, too.  It seems like
> they have much more sugars and more complex flavors.
> 
> My only remaining serious pest(s) are slugs and snails.  Wish some wasp
> would get to work on them!
> 
> --
> Don Chapman
> Bio/Organics Supply Center
> Camarillo CA (Coast N. of LA)
> <http://www.bio-organics.com>

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*    Jack Dingler     * Zone 8
* jdingler@onramp.net * 
*    Probably not     * 
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