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Re: big worms

At 07:28 PM 8/4/98 -0500, you wrote:
>Our income is derived from our gardens.  Well, the grasshoppers have eaten
>all of our gardens.  I talked w/the extension agent in Little Rock today
>and he told me to use Sevin.  Well, the extension agent in our county had
>told us to use Malethion 5%.  Okay, so no crops.  This is our income.  I am
>going to contact our estension agent in our county, (Malthion) and we can
>only hope that there is some sort of help or information for us.  I do not
>need or want to receive "help" from our local 'agent'.  I want to raise
>quality veggies.  We have never used Malllethion before.  I know I am
>discouraged.  
>Any info or suggestions will be apprectiated.
>Susan
>Carbaryl is "Sevin"
>> Sevin is an insecticide and is highly toxic to bees and other beneficial 
>insects. A application of sevin is often followed by an infestation of 
>mites because of the killing of good predators.
>
Are your gardens located in the city or the country?  What I'm getting at
is whether it would be against the law for you to keep chickens such as
Banty chickens.  There are only a few crops they'd bother, but they'd
certainly pig out on grasshoppers and give you eggs at least.  Margaret
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