Fwd: Ideal Bite: Hostile Takeover - Garden Week

April 7, 2009

dailyTo: cyndikrallSent: 4/7/2009 3:24:12 A.M. Pacific Daylight TimeSubj: Ideal Bite: Hostile Takeover - Garden Week

April 07, 2009

Trouble viewing this email? Read it online...

WEED CONTROL

Hostile Takeover - Garden Week

If 10,000 Biter households switch to nontoxic pest control, in a year we'll avert the weight of a car in synthetic pesticides.

Weeds showing your plants no mercy? Fight back with eco-friendlier herbicides that keep weeds away while letting your garden re-coup.

Peace on Earth. The majority of the herbicide you apply doesn't actually reach the target weed, and all of it eventually impacts the environment. Less violence toward your plants and the earthworms that sweeten your soil - and our options are still effective. Keeping kids and pets outta harm's way. There are about 110,000 human poisonings from herbicides, insecticides, and pesticides in the United States each year. Jen even killed knapweed (MT's notoriously insidious nonnative invader) using Deadeye (though she had to do it several times 'cuz that stuff just keeps coming back).

Deadeye - vinegar-based spray formula ($8/32 ounces). WOW - made from corn gluten, it releases fertilizing nitrogen for your lawn after it's done killing weeds ($9/1 pound). NaturaLawn - let enviro-friendly pros get rid of your weeds. DIY Bite: Pour boiling water or white vinegar on smaller weeds (like the ones in your walkway cracks). For larger areas where you donâ€™t want any growth, lay down old fabric or newspaper.

UK researchers developed a robot that eats and is powered by slugs (using the bio-gas of the decaying slugs), dubbed the SlugBot.

SPONSOR

SHARE FORWARD TO A FRIEND ADD TO MYBITES BLOG WITH US COMMENT ON THIS TIP

Like This Tip? Try These:

Pantsing the Ants

You'll have zip-zero if you try natural ant control...

Ladies Who Lunch

Say hello to our little friend, the ladybug. Before...

Buggin' Out

The friend that's crashing on your couch for a few days?...