Well this is embarassing...question about killing roaches
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Roaches in my compost :(
Comments (41)If you can have chickens where you live I highly recommend them. I grew up in SE FL where there were lots of roaches. Now I live in SE ID where I've seen 2 in the last 35 years. I keep my compost bins in the chicken run itself and give the chickens the opportunity to pick and scratch through everything that goes into the bin. They enjoy it, get some nourishment from it, contribute their droppings to it, shred it, all in all make composting an efficient and fun way to dispose of my yard and kitchen waste. Not many bugs at all in it. Chickens don't take much work, aren't expensive to care for and our six provide all the eggs we need. Imho get chickens and get rid of cockroaches....See MoreWill my Banana Plant attract roaches?
Comments (12)We have 'woods cockroaches' around here, they are awful things! They don't eat food, but love moist places. We saw them living between the lumber when we were building our house. I've seen them outside in the woods. YUCK! They are icky, and I think they love to live under my potted plants. In fact I've seen them scurrying away when I move my pots...ICK!!! Lucky they aren't the food roaches, I guess that would be so much worse, YUCK...I hate roaches!! Bleech! Yes, make sure they aren't in the soil. I told my DH I'm going to change the soil this year before I move my plants back inside for the fall/winter. Roaches, EEEEEEWWWWWW!!!!!! ICK ICK ICKY!!!!!!!!! BTW, I dont' mind spiders and other creepy crawlies..just roaches....See MoreWhat is the safest way to get rid of roaches?
Comments (8)I agree with the boric acid, though it should not be placed where animals or children can get hold of it. It should be puffed into crevasses and behind cabinets and appliances. The boric acid roach baits work well, too. And the growth regulator roach baits. These measures will likely take care of small infestation of roaches. However, some species will literally take up housekeeping between your walls, in your insulation, and will be very difficult for you to get rid of. If you seem to be inundated with these little beasties, then an exterminator might be a good thing. They use long lasting growth regulator products now, which don't produce harmful fumes. Roaches will eat the insulation on wires, they will get into the guts of your stove and fridge, eat wall paper and book bindings....See MoreRoaches...on our strawberries!!
Comments (13)Lisa, I always accidentally dig up toads in late spring/early winter when I'm digging too. I haven't seen as many as usual this year, perhaps because they might have moved closer to the river during last year's drought. Now that it has been wetter here, I am hoping the toad population rebounds. The frog and turtle population certainly has! You're welcome. I like linking resources. When we lived in a very large metroplitan area (Dallas-Fort Worth, 2008 population of approx. 6,300,300!), you could walk into some store in the metro area and find what you wanted, and you really didn't have to search that hard. Unfortunately, especially for those of us in rural OK, there are not as many shopping resources here, so we do often have to order online. When we built our first water garden in Fort Worth in about 1985, we actually had to order bullfrog tadpoles so we could have bullfrogs croaking in the pond. I don't know what was more astonishing at the time.....that we didn't have any frogs locally (really no ponds back then in our older, suburban neighborhood) or that we actually could buy them. Once we released the tadpoles (and, being bullfrog tadpoles, they were HUGE when they arrived), we had bullfrogs forever after...so I felt like we'd helped them re-establish in our neighborhood. Dawn...See Morepudgeder
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