Missing the Garden Web Already
cupofkindnessgw
9 years ago
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mvastian
9 years agolast modified: 9 years agoRelated Discussions
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Comments (19)You're welcome, I'm sorry it's not working for you. It shouldn't make a difference but what browser are you using? I use IE for GW and Firefox for most everything else. Can you make another post and include a link to one of your pictures that you would like to post and I'll give a try and see if I can see what's happening? Greg Southern Nevada...See MoreQuitting GardenWeb
Comments (18)I use firefox and its just OK. I don't know why people seem to be in love with this browser. It blocks ads until the ad companies find away around it. It's like anything else Flash is one great example. Supposedly there is an add-on that will prevent it from playing flash animations unless you tell it you want to watch it. I haven't found that yet. I don't use flash, haven't had flash on my computers in 5 years. It started out innocently enough. CHEESY intro pages and annoying animated graphics that hoard bandwidth and slow everything down. Fine, that's annoying but you can live with it. Then media conglomerates figured out flash was a great way to show us tv-like ads with audio instead of low resolution static images and unlike other video formats like java applets or windows media player, we needed flash to see cheesy intro pages and silly you tube videos. OH and automaker's web sites. Great. Hey I spend a lot of time on the web. I somehow manage to get by without flash. True I can't watch you tube. Maybe I'm missing out. But that's exactly what corporate America wants me to think, right....See MoreHelp! web worms already
Comments (2)I don't know if the freeze will kill them. I noticed them on my crabapple too (and I have some open blossoms, so lets hope the freeze didn't kill all of them!). I plan to spray them with Spinosad (I buy it from Gardens Alive, under the name Bullseye bioinsecticide). I totally get your concerns about killing the good bugs, though. I'm holding off on spraying until blossom drop so I won't interfere with pollunators. Spinosad only will kill beneficials if you spray it directly on them though, so if you make sure to spray when they're not out (like when it's cold) then you should do minimal damage. I don't know about butterfly catterpillars, though. I've never noticed any in my crabapple tree, but I don't know how obviousl they would be if they were there. I also have removed the entire web before (branch and all) and burned it. If you could find a pole saw this might be a possible solution, unless they're on a major structural branch, but I find mine usually on smaller outer branches. Here is a link that might be useful: Gardens Alive Bullseye Bioinsecticide...See MoreBah Bag/web worms are attacking already
Comments (12)I used to stand on the roof of my house and spray with a Gilmore hose end sprayer which reaches pretty far if you have good water pressure. You could also stand on a tall step ladder to spray and that would help out some. Just plain old paper wasps will keep tent caterpillars under control. It helps if you can break open the webs with a long cane pole, but it seems the wasps can take care of them even if you don't do that. I haven't had a problem since I've let the paper wasps stay, but breaking open the nests would help the birds get to them. Malcolm Beck had a story about paper wasps in one of his books. Seems someone had a pecan orchard and never had a problem with caterpillars. Then a nephew spent the summer and for recreation shot down all the wasp nests with a sling shot. The next year he had tons of tent caterpillars. It took several years for the wasp to build their population back up enough to take care of them again. Mommyfox, I thought BT was considered organic since it is a specific bacteria that affects only caterpillars and is not a poisonous insecticide, but I could be wrong about what is considered organic. It will affect all types of caterpillars though. It is so dry here I'm wondering if there are enough caterpillars for the birds to feed their young....See More
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9 years agomvastian
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Chemocurl zn5b/6a Indiana
9 years ago"I feel betrayed by the sale of the Garden Web to Houzz."
Initially I was very upset and very disgruntled, and had thoughts of going elsewhere to find a site with forums that I liked better than the new GW. Well, there just isn't, in my opinion anyway, a better all round site than Garden Web, with the Home Forums, and the Garden Forums, complete with the trading forums.
Houzz has listened and met a lot of our needs and desires. See the link below.
LINK...GardenWeb Updates
I also noticed that today we have the capability of making the print BOLD or in italics."But that didn't shut me up much. What did shut me up was being able to revert back to a gardenweb style background"
I agree. As soon as I got the area surrounding the page set to the pretty morning glories I felt like I had arrived home.
See screenshot of what I see now.
If anyone wants information about getting morning glories set up, just message me from the link on my member page.
hth.
chemocurl...aka Sue
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