Garage eater that will bring all the bees to the yard?
Katherine OK zone 7b
3 years ago
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Lots of bees in my yard. How to rent space to beekeeper?
Comments (14)I reread the original post, and it sounds to me as if they want a beekeeper to bring an empty hive and take the bees away. S/he is looking for a "solution" to the problem because it's "tough to walk out there". Hard for some of us to understand, but it may be that they have allergies to bee stings or a childhood history of unpleasant stinging experiences. Unfortunately, even if someone were able to take some of the bees away, new hordes would find their way to such an inviting location. Martha...See MoreChiggers All Over the Yard, Please Help?????????
Comments (27)Chiggers are everywhere in my area. They live on the peaks of grass blades, in leaves, etc. keep grass cut as low as you can, and otherwise keep a neat yard. Sulfer is one of your best weapon, dust your socks with it and put it on your pant legs, ALL the way around! I would dust all the way to the height of plants. To conserve it or not make a mess, put it in a sock as a powder ball. In all my years of putting up with the demons out in the back woods of Texas, nothing works better than sulfer! Just get yourself a big 50Lb bag of 90% agricultural sulfur and dust away! These beggars can infest your mattress too! Every mattress at the Puloa rifle range base in Hawaii was infested with them (until they finally got replaced)! Your boots can get infested to! Sulfur is your friend along with washing ASAP as soon as you come inside! I'm too cheap for essential oils and itch reliving sprays, so I take a bottle cap and scrap it across the most offending bites until I take the top layer of skin off, the sting is MUCH better than the itch and it just heals over later. I'll have anywhere from 12-30+ bites just on my legs and I wake up itching a lot and can't sleep until I scrap them up. This is only because I ran out of sulfur and haven't got around to getting more. Rubbing alcohol is a great alternative to scraping them up but it sorta requires you to constantly rub the wet rag on the bites....See MoreHelp me bring fragrance into my Zone 9 yard
Comments (24)I tried growing Rangoon creeper in a stock tank in full sun. Even with that large of a container it wilted every day. So if you don't mind watering it often it will do fine. My original plant is still growing in a slightly raised bed with a five foot lattice to lean on. It's kind of like THIS except it is not in full sun which would be the ideal. Mine may get three or four hours of sun, filtered sun at that, and may get watered once every 7 to 10 days. It rarely wilts between times. It's amazingly drought tolerated for such a lush tropical vine. Nothing to be scared of with Rangoon creepers. In my experience it doesn't spread from the roots. The clump will just get larger, and will grow tall if it has something to lean on like a fence, an arch, or up into trees. It doesn't twine, but the long branches will need to lean on something. I've seen photos of it tied to a single post where it will then arch over itself. Very pretty. You can cut off any stems going off in the wrong direction with no damage to the plant....See MoreHouse Eater Rose for Partial Shade?
Comments (39)Moser House Shed Rose aka Arcata Pink Globe is said to be a house eater. I have not seen it in person, only beautiful pictures. It is of similar Setigera ancestry to Baltimore Belle, another beauty, which I have seen, having planted it out on LI.,NY., where it was completely trouble free. The flowers hang down on long petioles & are extremely graceful. Of course both are once bloomers but they bloom slightly later than the other roses, thus prolonging the season. Moser House rose is a somewhat darker pink. Here it is just getting started in late May in Washington, D.C. https://www.helpmefind.com/gardening/l.php?l=21.225802 Here is Baltimore Belle overwhelming a small tree: https://www.helpmefind.com/rose/l.php?l=21.318816%C2%A0 A lovely comparison shot by Hedgerow Rose: https://www.helpmefind.com/rose/l.php?l=21.257266 Kathleen withstands shade & puts on a beautiful display in autumn: https://www.helpmefind.com/rose/l.php?l=21.319529 Buff Beauty, like Kathleen, also a hybrid musk, is more exquisite than its name suggests, https://www.helpmefind.com/rose/l.php?l=21.300694 Don't know if these would climb or compete with a tree, though, much less a "house eater," but they do withstand shade....See Moresultry_jasmine_nights (Florida-9a-ish)
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