Re: Garden pests and control

**"* M* <B*@verizon.net>**

About twenty years ago, this pest control account was told to me by a dear 
old lady in my town here near Philadelphia. She's gone now so I can't get 
any further details.

During World War II, a newlywed, she and her serviceman husband lived in a 
small rented house near the base somewhere in Florida. It was their first 
home and she was thrilled with it until she came across a gigantic 
hard-shelled beetle about ten inches long, walking calmly through the place 
on its long legs. She freaked out (they didn't say that back then) and 
whacked it with something and killed it. When the landlord came, he asked 
how everything was, and then asked about the beetle. He was furious to learn 
that she had killed it. It had been purchased for the purpose of killing 
palmetto bugs, the most common type of local roach.

Betty Mackey

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tom" <tloallergyfree@earthlink.net>
> PS. On some occasions in the past I've gone out snake hunting...caught a 
> big
> gopher snake, bull snake or a big kingsnake, and put that down the rodent
> holes...this works well, too, and is, of course, a pretty good excuse to 
> go
> lookin' for snakes.

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