Re: DE

DE used to be used in pool filters for something-  not sure if they do 
that anymore or not.  Not sure how one would "grade" DE- isn't it some 
kind of crunched up mineral?

Theresa

Chapel Ridge Wal Mart National Hearing Center wrote:

>Well, I thought DE was also used for something concerning swimming pools,
>which I am sure OK has.  Maybe it's a different grade.
>
>Kitty
>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "Jesse Bell" <silverhawk@flash.net>
>To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
>Sent: Monday, April 18, 2005 7:37 AM
>Subject: Re: [CHAT] DE
>
>
>  
>
>>Well one would THINK that it would be easy to find at a feed store or
>>gardening center. But it's OKLAHOMA...and when I asked them (went to ag
>>centers, feed stores, gardening centers) they looked at me and said,
>>"HUH?" I explained to them what it was and they tried to sell me Seven
>>Dust at one place, and some other stuff for cattle that had insecticide
>>in it. So, I just looked online. Without trashing the state I live in
>>(and I was born here and my parents and grandparents were born here),
>>Oklahoma is not exactly up on things. No recycle programs where I
>>live..maybe in OKC but not here, organic is a foreign concept to most
>>people here, I still see hairstyles from the 70's, fashion is behind and
>>so is the music. I can say that honestly because I have also lived in
>>Atlanta, Dallas, Kansas City and New Orleans....there are days where I
>>wondered what in the HELL I was thinking by moving back here. For true.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>Chapel Ridge Wal Mart National Hearing Center
>>    
>>
><4042N15@nationalhearing.com> wrote:
>  
>
>>Jesse,
>>Nitron has lots of good products. I would think though that one could get
>>DE locally - say at a feed store or ag co-op.
>>Kitty
>>
>>----- Original Message ----- 
>>From: "Jesse Bell"
>>To:
>>Sent: Friday, April 15, 2005 10:37 AM
>>Subject: Re: [CHAT] Beans talk NOW Fleas
>>
>>
>>    
>>
>>>Go to www.nitron.com and when it opens click on the "online store". Then
>>>choose the "Home and Pet" section and scroll down to D.E. It's the best
>>>price I have found so far.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Zemuly Sanders wrote:
>>>Okay, where do you get it? I really need something for the 17 outside
>>>      
>>>
>>cats,
>>    
>>
>>>and I can't afford Frontline Topspot for the inside ones, either.
>>>zem
>>>----- Original Message ----- 
>>>From: "Jesse Bell"
>>>To:
>>>Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2005 8:42 AM
>>>Subject: Re: [CHAT] Beans talk
>>>
>>>
>>>      
>>>
>>>>O.K. ya'll...after doing my "due diligence" on natural flea control
>>>>        
>>>>
>(and
>  
>
>>>>also, because of the goats who get lice..not the kind that get on
>>>>people...but bothersome to them) I researched "food grade"
>>>>        
>>>>
>diatomaceaus
>  
>
>>>>earth and then searched for a reasonably priced one...and found it. I
>>>>tried it on the dogs and cats first because the fleas are HORRIBLE
>>>>        
>>>>
>here.
>  
>
>>>>Works like a charm. Tried it on the goats. Works like a charm. You
>>>>        
>>>>
>just
>  
>
>>>>rub it in their coats and walk away. The fleas and other pests are
>>>>        
>>>>
>gone
>  
>
>>>>within a couple of days and it stays that way as long as they have
>>>>        
>>>>
>some
>  
>
>>>>of the powder on them. I will never be without it again. I ordered
>>>>        
>>>>
>four
>  
>
>>>>5 lb. bags of it. Should last me awhile..and it only cost me $25.31.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Zemuly Sanders wrote:
>>>>I wish I could say that, but living the the flea capital of the
>>>>        
>>>>
>world...
>  
>
>>>>zem
>>>>----- Original Message ----- 
>>>>From: "Johnson Cyndi D Civ AFFTC/ITSR"
>>>>To:
>>>>Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2005 6:37 PM
>>>>Subject: RE: [CHAT] Beans talk
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>        
>>>>
>>>>>A plus (there's at least one!) about living where I do is that there
>>>>>          
>>>>>
>are
>  
>
>>>>>no
>>>>>fleas. Too dry, I guess; haven't had to worry about fleas on the dogs
>>>>>          
>>>>>
>&
>  
>
>>>>>cats
>>>>>for 20 years now.
>>>>>
>>>>>Cyndi
>>>>>
>>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>>From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On
>>>>>Behalf
>>>>>Of Kitty
>>>>>Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2005 9:12 PM
>>>>>To: gardenchat@hort.net
>>>>>Subject: Re: [CHAT] Beans talk
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>Mine are $88 yr per cat plus the $30 each flea shot. but my guys get
>>>>>everything available except heartworm. One concern I have is...when
>>>>>Slugger
>>>>>showed up last year and caused so many fights, I had no intention of
>>>>>taking
>>>>>him in, I just wanted him neutered to reduce his agression. Then he
>>>>>wouldn't leave. (on my lap now) So he ended up getting everything.
>>>>>          
>>>>>
>The
>  
>
>>>>>initial everything is a lot more than $88. As I said, no one will do
>>>>>          
>>>>>
>>just
>>    
>>
>>>>>the parts I ask. We'll see. Kitty neIN, Z5
>>>>>----- Original Message ----- 
>>>>>From: "A A HODGES"
>>>>>To:
>>>>>Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2005 10:06 PM
>>>>>Subject: Re: [CHAT] Beans talk
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>          
>>>>>
>>>>>>Can you check and see if any "events" are offering discounted shots?
>>>>>>They do that around here periodically. Of course getting him there
>>>>>>            
>>>>>>
>may
>  
>
>>>>>>be an issue if he's skittish about cars or crowds. We are having a
>>>>>>clinic as
>>>>>>            
>>>>>>
>>>>>they
>>>>>          
>>>>>
>>>>>>call it this weekend. It's the Spring Pet Fling and they're
>>>>>>microchipping for $10 and rabies for $5. Usually they offer a big
>>>>>>discount on all the other necessaries as well. I myself pay $80 a
>>>>>>dog.....for their "5,000 mile" checkup each year. Ouch.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Andrea H
>>>>>>Beaufort, SC
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>            
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>[Original Message]
>>>>>>>From: Kitty
>>>>>>>To:
>>>>>>>Date: 4/12/2005 10:12:55 PM
>>>>>>>Subject: Re: [CHAT] Beans talk
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Well, Woody should be ok around here. If I find some extra money
>>>>>>>after
>>>>>>>              
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>my
>>>>>>            
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>sale I may see about at least getting him some flea protection.
>>>>>>>              
>>>>>>>
>I'd
>  
>
>>>>>like
>>>>>          
>>>>>
>>>>>>to
>>>>>>            
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>get him neutered, but it's not as easy as it used to be. My vet
>>>>>>>only neuters if he can do all the tests on him and it ends up
>>>>>>>costing about
>>>>>>>              
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>$200.
>>>>>>            
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>The local clinic requires you to own it which means going through
>>>>>>>all
>>>>>>>              
>>>>>>>
>>>>>the
>>>>>          
>>>>>
>>>>>>>shots and registering him with the city. But 6mo flea protection
>>>>>>>              
>>>>>>>
>is
>  
>
>>>>>$30.
>>>>>          
>>>>>
>>>>>>>Kitty
>>>>>>>neIN, Z5
>>>>>>>----- Original Message -----
>>>>>>>From: "Jesse Bell"
>>>>>>>To:
>>>>>>>Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2005 7:22 PM
>>>>>>>Subject: Re: [CHAT] Beans talk
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>              
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Well said, Zem. I agree. When it has depended on people it's
>>>>>>>>                
>>>>>>>>
>whole
>  
>
>>>>>life,
>>>>>          
>>>>>
>>>>>>>>or most of it's life they don't stand a chance. It's just cruel.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Jess
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Zemuly Sanders wrote:
>>>>>>>>People who would turn out a pet when its person has died should
>>>>>>>>meet a horrible end. zem
>>>>>>>>----- Original Message ----- 
>>>>>>>>From: "Chapel Ridge Wal Mart National Hearing Center"
>>>>>>>><4042N15@nationalhearing.com>
>>>>>>>>To:
>>>>>>>>Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2005 4:40 PM
>>>>>>>>Subject: Re: [CHAT] Beans talk
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>                
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>Got you trained, doesn't she?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>Woody is a pale-orange, longish-haired tabby the spends the
>>>>>>>>>winter
>>>>>>>>>                  
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>in
>>>>>          
>>>>>
>>>>>>my
>>>>>>            
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>Florida room. His owner died and her son turned him out. The
>>>>>>>>>poor
>>>>>>>>>                  
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>guy
>>>>>          
>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>has
>>>>>>>>>been fending for himself for the past few years, but I believe
>>>>>>>>>                  
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>someone
>>>>>          
>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>besides me has been helping him out. He's gone through so many
>>>>>>>>>                  
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>fights
>>>>>          
>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>over the years (not fixed) that he has a huge amount of scar
>>>>>>>>>tissue
>>>>>>>>>                  
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>around
>>>>>>>              
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>his jaws - along with the fur it triples the size of his face.
>>>>>>>>>So
>>>>>>>>>                  
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>when
>>>>>          
>>>>>
>>>>>>>he
>>>>>>>              
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>drinks from the birdbath or his bowl, the whole lower portion
>>>>>>>>>                  
>>>>>>>>>
>of
>  
>
>>>>>>>>>his
>>>>>>>>>                  
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>face
>>>>>>>              
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>gets darkly wet. The first time I saw him like that I thought
>>>>>>>>>he'd
>>>>>>>>>                  
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>been
>>>>>>            
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>hurt. - nope, just wet.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>Kitty
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>----- Original Message -----
>>>>>>>>>From: "james singer"
>>>>>>>>>To: "Chat"
>>>>>>>>>Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2005 12:51 PM
>>>>>>>>>Subject: [CHAT] Beans talk
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>                  
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>Sometimes you just gotta listen to the animals, you know? I
>>>>>>>>>>                    
>>>>>>>>>>
>was
>  
>
>>>>>>outside
>>>>>>            
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>planting a recently rediscovered grumichama and Beans came
>>>>>>>>>>                    
>>>>>>>>>>
>out
>  
>
>>>>>>>>>>and started talking to me. It seemed like it was important,
>>>>>>>>>>                    
>>>>>>>>>>
>so
>  
>
>>>>>>>>>>I made a move toward the house and she trotted ahead, like
>>>>>>>>>>                    
>>>>>>>>>>
>she
>  
>
>>>>>>>>>>expected me
>>>>>>>>>>                    
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>to
>>>>>          
>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>follow. I didn't want to disappoint her, so I did follow. She
>>>>>>>>>>beat
>>>>>>>>>>                    
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>me
>>>>>          
>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>inside by 20 seconds or so, but when I got into the kitchen,
>>>>>>>>>>there
>>>>>>>>>>                    
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>she
>>>>>>            
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>was sitting beside her empty water bowl. And talking...
>>>>>>>>>>actually
>>>>>>>>>>                    
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>giving
>>>>>>            
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>me what for.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>Island Jim
>>>>>>>>>>Southwest Florida
>>>>>>>>>>27.0 N, 82.4 W
>>>>>>>>>>Hardiness Zone 10
>>>>>>>>>>Heat Zone 10
>>>>>>>>>>Minimum 30 F [-1 C]
>>>>>>>>>>Maximum 100 F [38 C]
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>                    
>>>>>>>>>>
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