Articles that mention "pests"



Turtle-dragons and hairy grass

07.01.2009 14
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After discovering that the house helpers had been replacing some of my herbs with ornamental plants that I don’t know where they get from, and after telling them never to do that ever again (okay, I was fuming mad), I decided to inspect the garden from end to end. I might as well. I was waiting for a pot of meat to boil, I couldn’t focus on my book because it was...  (more »»)

Eliminating garden pests

07.13.2008 2
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Months ago, when we were still viewing houses, we already noticed the millipedes on the walls of the houses in the subdivision where we intended to buy a house. Not that their presence discouraged us. I have learned long ago (from Sir H, my daughters’ science teacher) that these things mean that the environment is still clean enough to allow them to thrive. Even the presence...  (more »»)