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Originally Posted by Willravel
• If you're having trouble with pests invading your garden and aren't interested in using chemicals, consider trying to attract local predators to deal with them. Cats deal with mice and small rodents, and many kinds of birds deal with insects. All you really need is to put out milk now and again or put in a bird bath and feeder.
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-If you're going to have an outdoor cat have the common fucking decency to get it spayed/neutered so your neighbors don't have to worry about cats pissing and crying everywhere or kittens under their porches and decks. Your pets are yours alone and not 'the neigborhoods'. I get a little upset when a cat that isn't mine is in my fenced in yard, double that if they're pregnant, or if they have tags. (Can you tell I'm getting irritated with some of my neighbors)
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Originally Posted by snowy
They will fit through a smaller hole going in, but need a larger hole trying to get out, I guess. You want to make it small enough so that they'll go into the jar but not be able to escape easily. I used a finishing nail to poke holes in my plastic. Most of them will drown in the water/vinegar solution regardless.
Does that make sense? It's hot here, and I'm afraid my brain is fried. Seriously, though, this works like a charm.
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My guess would be that they walk & drop in, but try to fly out, so a whole small enough they can fit through crawling but not fly out of would be the right size.
-Most caulking and tar (say on your roof) needs to be replaced every 5-10 years. This can be done cheaply and easily by anyone and will go a long way to preventing 'hidden' leaks.
-Plant a Garden. This is a biggie, take some of your perfectly manicured lawn or even a window flower box and plant a tomato plant, & keep adding every year till you figure out what you can use and manage. The plants cost pennies compared to what you would pay for fruit/veggies at the store and are surprising easy to grow.