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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 *
* your opinion *
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