Mine was about $1 per foot Canadian which I thought was very expensive, so yours seems even more expensive. If you bang in solid corner posts and stretch it in between these it works great. Some birds will fly over it, then not be able to get back in. I leave a small entrance just big enough for birds to go in/out, and of course most of them are always out. Had an eagle try to take a duck within the fence last week too. Banties will fly over and likely go through the holes too. Keeping it from grounding is a PITA. The fencing sags at times and shorts out. Consider wing clipping. Don't know how long it'll last yet, no change in two years though. I can't think of a better, moveable alternative, at the same time it isn't perfect. I've never had a dog/wildlife (excluding the eagle) get in.

Lori, Nolo bait is actually a parasite/virus or something similar that causes grasshoppers to die. The hopper ingests the bait, it works on its digestive system and the hopper is a goner. Since hoppers are cannibalistic (I hope you aren't reading this around mealtime) other hoppers eat the dead ones and pick up the disease/parasite, whatever. The best thing is that Nolo only works on hoppers and crickets, leaving beneficials and pollinators, and domestic animals safe. Tempo is another hopper killer, but it is toxic to bees, butterflies, pets, and almost everything else that moves. Down side--Nolo has a shelf life of 90 days, so you have to use it up. Also, it is not a "belly-up" insecticide. It works over a period of a week or two, and two applications about two weeks apart is recommended for infestations. When you see the first grasshopper is the time to spread the bait, and then again in two weeks or so. You can get more information by doing a search on Nolo bait. I am ordering mine over the internet, because no one around here stocks it early enough to be effective. I must admit, after I saw what the little buggers did to my roses last year, I really enjoyed killing them this year!

viruses cant sustain themselves as i may or may not have said earlyer, they don't feed, they just insert DNA into ur cells, basically goes STOP CODE:MAKE VIRUSES the stop code makes the cell stop doing its normal functions, the the second bit is self explanatiory just in casse anyone was wondering, water birds are more at risk because they leave their feceas in the water and drink it lots, and feed from it. i'm in the UK, an island but home to many migratory birds during summer and winter. we also have high population density. luckily i'v been exposed to basically everyting under the sun. happy dirt, and cat and dog and chicken infused childhood provided you wash your herbs first (i hope you do) the outdoor hers isn't really a problem as far as i can see oh and homeostasis is the controlling of the internal environment, keeping oxygen and heat and water etc. levels stable inside your body, very complex with hormones and monitoring stations and feedback loops scaremongering (especially tabloids) is more of a problem than the virus in my opinion, it puts the populace under stress, increasing our vunerability to infection. oh and on the herbs again UV light "kills" viruses because it destroys nucleic acids (RNA and DNA (and ATP)) rendering the virus noting more than a protien case. as for transmition between people, it probably wont be long as viruses mutate fast, and having had bird flu before wont mean much either i don't think as flu viruses mutate so your no longer immune quite fast. on the plus side if you survived before your obvoiusly capable of surviving so thumbs up keeping birds safe and sound in a basement would possibly work, but theres also te problem that if a significant percentage of the population is gone there will be inbreeding weakening future stock, that and you'd have to make sure that you don't traips any bird poo into the enclosure, that and a host of other problems unfortunatly battery hens are gonna be a major problem though. consider hundreds of possible carriers in filthy dung laden conditions. many opertunities to mutate and for workers to be infected. yet another argument against battery poultry (aside from the obvoius moral ones) hmm i'm posting very long posts atm hope this is clarifies some stuff

I NEVER toss a carcass or bones without making some stock first. Of course, using baked/roasted bones will produce a darker stock... that's fine with me. Starting with raw poultry will work fine, too. Was in supermarket yesterday and just couldn't pass up a package of 2 cornish hens. Not a favorite but HALF price... 2 days BEFORE sell-by date... only about $3. Made a HUGE pot of stock that'll be frozen for future use. I won't have all the great left-overs from T-Day so planning ahead. Have half a breast in freezer that I'm planning to cook on Friday while all the crazies are out shopping. Thinking of boning it and doing some kind of roll thing. If I do bone, will roast the bones along with the roll. Will look for a few wings to roast, too. Will want as much good brown stuff in bottom of pan so I can make a good amount of gravy. If it's made with flour (instead of corn starch), it freezes and thaws just fine.