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Spray your woodpile?

Discussion in 'The Wood Pile' started by whitey, Jul 11, 2017.

  1. billb3

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    I'll spread granules ( such as Spectracide and what not makes ) around the cords but not on the wood itself. I've not once found a mouse nest (I'll find one tomorrow now) in the stacks, but I have found stashes of seeds and/or seed shells and snake skins. I did get termites in a stack of maple rounds that were up on pine logs left in the woods. Bad habit of mine leaving rounds where I cut them in the Winter.
     
  2. Shawn Curry

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    Our previous dog, Otis, always used to check the bundle of splits I'd bring in for snake skins - he loved chewing on them. :)

    I always find several chipmunk nests in my stacks too. Usually when I start mowing in the spring I'm ready to shoot the little buggers cause of the mess they make burrowing in my lawn. But around this time of year I start seeing Walnut and oak trees volunteering around the yard and I'm reminded of the valuable role they play gathering nuts and sowing new trees. Kind of a love-hate relationship.
     
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  4. billb3

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    selfies ?
    ingesting ant poison ?
    looks more like what mac and cheese and microwave popcorn PFOAs are doing to people
     
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    Or Nutella?
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    I don't Spray my wood stacks but ,I mark my territory around them when I'm out there workin :D
     
  7. VOLKEVIN

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    Or the yoga mat material in Subway bread...oh wait, they finally took it out.
     
  8. LonniewKlein

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    I think, only using the spray is not enough to exterminate the bugs. They might infest back again on the same place or the other. Hiring the pest control service is more effective on the bugs on this kind of situation. Was just reading a blog about pest control Elk Grove in CA team, who is a well known licensed pest control professionals. These professionals can give the easy removal of bugs or any other insects infestation. Thinking to hire them for the pest inspection of my garden. Hope so, I don't have to see those creepy bugs.
     
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    Hey noticed you're new here, Welcome!
     
  10. yooperdave

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    Welcome to Club LonniewKlein , we live in the woods so bugs and animals come with the territory. My shallow well is 16 feet deep in sandy soil, so anything sprayed on the ground we would be drinking. We go with letting spiders, snakes, toads, and birds do what they can to keep things in check. My wife hand picks garden bugs, and in 2 to 2-1/2 months from now when the first frosts come. it's game over for the bugs.
     
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