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It seems that really wet years produce watermelons that are more mushy than crisp, and don't have much sweetness.

I see this article says that millipedes eat fireants. We have lots of centipedes this yr. Not much fun to find in my bathtub, but maybe they could be helping with the f.ants. Also, the amount of spiders on the outside and inside of my house has greatly dwindled, but I'm assuming the chickens are...

Cool! I just love decapitating flies (as long as they don't mutate into a giant one that likes humans)!

When fireants decided Texas wasn't big enough, and branched out to our neck of the woods( I guess 15 yrs. ago or so), just about all our other types of ants disappeared. Since then I don't remember seeing any others except carpenter ants. You'll be pleased to find you can pick up a handful of...

Yes, the pound gets them fixed before adoption. It will be outside but with a doghouse and barn shed available. Unfortunately can't fence front and one unfenced side yet but side has heavy thick woods, and the house is way off the road. We have 10 acres and low traffic. Anyone have recommended...

Thanks. This reminded me to get an engraver from Lowes. My husband's been wanting a puppy for a long time, so we're checking the pound. He thinks a female because he says they don't roam as much. Anyone know?And he says we should start with a puppy because a grown dog will kill chickens. I know...

OK; I went out today and looked for some mounds that were there this spring. They seem to all be gone without recent treatment, though a very few ants surfaced when I scratched where the mounds had been. There have been no heavy rains to wash down the surface of the mounds lately, so this...

Thanks . I think I like the frustrating/shaming/boring them to death option, with some creapy crazy lady effects - let's see if I can remember what the mother was like on the movie, "Carrie". Maybe I'll watch it to refresh my memory of the role. I will make it my entertainment/ therapy for the...

Hey, same here. Driveway takes several minutes and would tear up a lot of cars. To go thru the woods, they'd have to do a long circuitous route thru much briars and poison oak. Probably about 50 cars pass in a day. We have no set schedule, and my husband is here all the time except when we go...

Thanks...It helps to vent, somehow. Now, this same week, it seems I've become a victim of a bogus collection agency/fake law firm! They claim I'm going to court for fraud for borrowing $2000 and not paying (NEVER!) They've called and scared my husband, then left message. They sound legit. on...

You got that right! Imagine how tiny these must be to lay an egg in an ant brain!

Yep. We thought we were moving to the isolation of the country to get away from crime. Nope. When my first weedeater went missing, I told myself, I'd left it at a rental property. When the 2nd one disappeared, we also found several of my husband's tools were missing. They had been all over the...

Yes, the wagon wheel motif makes me think 40s/50s, and it looks like a maple stain at least; not reddish or grainy enough for mahogany. Wouldn't hurt to swing by to see if possibly the other one didn't sell.

I also vote frozen, unless you're short on freezer space.

OK- My husband just said they did actually import a tiny parasitic wasp from S. America abt. 10-15 yrs ago and they said it would take a long time to help.I heard they'd discovered them but nothing more. They're the ones that lay eggs in the ant's brain, which explodes the head when they hatch...

I have chickens freeranging and tried sprinkling their corn over a couple mounds this spring, but they wouldn't go for the ants and wouldn't stay there , despite their penchant for corn. So my verdict was: they dislike them as much as I do, and were probably getting bitten. I saw a lot here...

It's probably just wishful thinking, but has anyone noticed less fireants in general than, say, a couple months ago? Or this time last year?

A lady brought me some roots to identify and keep from a house she'd just bought. They were 4 o'clock roots the size of huge sweet potatoes. I remember that one root stuck out of a 3 gallon pot. Those turned out to be 2 toned- yellow striated with magenta - quite striking! My others are magenta...

I am amazed at the valuable stuff folks leave at the landfill rather than donate to someone... anyone. I haul garbage there from my family and some tenants weekly. They have inmates working there and they used to let them help people unload. One trustee entrepreneur started pulling the good...

I love it, but here in Ga. it bolts as soon as it gets out of the ground, except in earliest spring. So then in hot weather it becomes a coriander plant, for the seeds, but I don't cook with that much.