Re: DE

It is the crushed fossils of freshwater organisms and marine life (diatoms).


On 4/18/05, Chapel Ridge Wal Mart National Hearing Center
<4042N15@nationalhearing.com> wrote:
> As Pam said, I suppose it would have chemicals.  I recalled something about
> not getting the DE for pools.  I think DE is fossil material of some sort.
> Somebody google it......geez  I hate not being able to do that!
> 
> Kittty
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Theresa" <tchessie@comcast.net>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Sent: Monday, April 18, 2005 10:21 AM
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] 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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-- 
Pam Evans
Kemp TX
zone 8A

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