Bindweed is evil and I think sometimes its roots must go for miles. I cannot imagine turnips killing it. Still it might make a great cover crop and prevent further spread of some of these weeds.

thot I would add- this is the info I came up with and also how to make a nettle infusion: Dosages: Stinging nettle - 250 mg. freeze-dried extract every 2-4 hours or until symptoms subside Ephedra: 12.5 - 25 mg. 3x day Quercetin - 400 mg. 2x day between meals Echinacea - 350 mg 3x day Garlic - tablet equivalent of 10 cloves of garlic Honey- 2 tbs daily == Nettle infusion A couple of months before your allergies usually begin, start drinking nettles infusions. Nettles Infusion 1 quart room temperature water 4 tablespoons dried nettles Let the nettles and water sit over night in a quart glass mason jar. In the morning strain the herb out and drink the quart of nettles infusion over the next two days. Especially in warm weather the infusion can go bad so it is important to keep it refrigerated. When you are ready to drink it take it out of the fridge and warm it up. Normally a nettles infusion is good for two days if not left out in the heat. You can drink 1 to 3 cups of nettles infusion a day for several months. Over the years I have watched many of my clients eliminate their spring allergies following the above protocols along with drinking nettles for about two months prior to allergy season and then continuing to drink it throughout the time they would normally have allergies.

"except we're not in agreement since eric advocates internal use of small amounts, i do not" Nope, try reading the post again. I noted that it is likely that we are all inadvertently consuming small amounts of diatomaceous earth, either through it reaching our food via processing/packaging, or from natural sources (silicates of various types are ubiquitous in the environment).* I cited potential hazards from consuming diatomaceous earth deliberately as a dietary supplement. *for the kind of person who fears "toxins" regardless of dose, the only solution here would be to stop eating entirely. :)

If there are fleas and yes 60 acres is pretty much impossible and would be ridiculously expensive to try and keep fleas out of, they will reinfest with tapes. I would definitely use the iverhart it should still prevent the tapeworms as long as you can treat them this time. I think that'd be the best bet. Not sure about the cats but at least treating a cat is cheap, not like 100+lb dog If there's fleas in the yard, and animals with tape, it just takes eating a flea to get it, so a preventative just seems like the easiest way to go about it. Maybe a coat spray as well to help keep the bugs off, i do that with mine, and there are recipes online but I use lavender and mint EO mixed with water, heavily diluted to keep bugs off, sprayed on or sprayed on a towel and rubbed on. Sorry I don't know anything to treat tapes, most natural things i know of that would treat an animal are low doses of things that are toxic. maybe look into acv, coconut oil, ascorbic acid. All 3 of those can be given to a dog and all are used to treat human parasites naturally so they may help. This post was edited by Marinewifenc on Tue, Jun 11, 13 at 20:50