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Post by onlypassingthru »

Arainach wrote: post #192
dfxm12 wrote: post #182

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If it comes to it, cops, 311 and probably other means are available. It's possible to enforce and court is not needed.

It's hard enough to get the cops to come out to a robbery - I know of nowhere in America where they're bored enough to come look at someone with poor landscaping. Unless you're a decamillionaire (or a cop), the cops in America don't care about you.

My former city has code enforcement officers that drive around the neighborhoods and issue warnings and citations for insufficient weed control (got one of those), unsightly (dead) vegetation (got that one, too) and minimum pool maintenance (next door neighbor got that one).

FWIW, I'd love to know how they're monitoring everyone's pools.

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Post by ratelimitsteve »

rendaw wrote: post #13

I don't entirely get this. If you have more spots with water, doesn't that just mean mosquitoes will lay more eggs? Which will then die, but +/- 0. How effective is this, actually.

No, it means they'll lay the same amount of eggs (which is the max they can produce), but a significant portion of them will be in your trap rather than somewhere they can survive. Of those that aren't in the trap, they're still subject to the same death rate they would normally be subject to

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Post by chopin »

CWuestefeld wrote: post #270
telecuda wrote: post #255

Related, I've found this to be the most effective gadget to stop the itch of a mosquito bite: https://www.amazon.com/Vibis-Rechargeable-Mosquito-Chemical-... (Source: Floridian who has tried everything)

These sort-of work, but not in the way they describe. It doesn't work to break down the mosquito "venom" through heat. What's really happening is that the heat basically overloads (I don't recall the exact biology, but this is the gist) the sensory neurons that would be reporting about the itch. For a short time, until the neurons get unscrambled, the itching sensation is blocked. But it'll likely be back again if yo…

Do you have a source for this?

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Post by Xss3 »

scythe wrote: post #281
Xss3 wrote: post #189

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I would love to live in a neighborhood full of meadow style gardens, where native plants are allowed to flower and feed bees, with bug habitats instead of neatly cut astroturf looking golf green lawns chock full of pesticides. I can't understand the people that think the artificial look holds any beauty whatsoever.

If you step on some of Florida's native plants you'll suddenly realize why St. Augustine grass is so popular down there.

Diddums.

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Post by dododge »

lovich wrote: post #228
antisthenes wrote: post #185

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> place where they are constantly at odds with the agreed-upon standards of the community. I didn't write those standards, so why would I agree with them? Should I be homeless now?

You can’t have a property under an HOA that you didn’t agree to. Either you were the owner when the original HOA was entered into, or you were aware of it when you purchased the property.

You could also inherit or be given the property. The HOA and related things, such as requirements to maintain an existing easement or private roadway that crosses the property, would normally be part of the deed/plat and come with the property without you ever having to formally agree to them.

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Post by adrianN »

wildzzz wrote: post #297
arwhatever wrote: post #190

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Unclear from the video: do you need to use any sort of bait or lure to attract mosquitoes upstream of the fan?

I have a bug catcher that kind of looks like a Dyson bladeless fan but runs in reverse. Inside the ring, there's UV (?) LEDs to attract bugs. Once they fly in, the fan sucks them down into the base where there's a sticky paper. The base has a tight mesh around it so they are trapped if they somehow manage to not hit the sticky paper immediately. We use it for soil gnats but I've also seen some houseflies in there too…

Mosquitos are mostly attracted by CO2, not UV. Mosquito traps often have a bit of smoldering coal in them.

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Post by anon_cow1111 »

throwup238 wrote: post #125
AngryData wrote: post #85

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It does exist in nature all over, but it generally isn't in such a high concentration. Its like releasing 1,000 goats in your backyard. Even if your backyard could support a few goats, it will certainly be destroyed by 1,000 of them.

Bacillus thuringiensis is the most used pesticide in existence and has been for nearly a century. We’ve sprayed it everywhere in huge quantities, including on pretty much anything labeled “organic.”

What I really want to know is how do I CULTURE Bacillus thuringiensis, sure its available readily on the web as a pesticide, but only at very high prices for anything beyond a small hobby garden; -what if I have an acre of crops to treat? ~20 usd a pound for a spray bottle liquid solution is not even remotely acceptable.

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Post by Xss3 »

kulahan wrote: post #254
c22 wrote: post #198

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The artificial look visibly demands a large amount of ongoing maintenance and thus acts as a convenient display of excess spending power. It's like the peacock's tail for capitalists.

This is true for a highly attractive wild lawn as well. When things grow truly wild, they're all competing and none do fantastically . If you've got a beautiful yard full of happy native plants, you've likely done some serious work, even if you're just out-competing the invasive plants. That being said, a yard of native plants can still do more good than a yard of grass. Grasses are cool and come in many other forms…

I let thistles, ragwort, clovers, and other flowering native "weeds" grow tall and flower fully, let the grass seed at knee height before cutting it each year, keep some deadfall around, and pile sticks along the fence line. Its still perfectly navigable. The grass is flattened under foot.

When cutting i use a scythe and sheers to minimise the amount of caterpillars etc. getting killed.

For my protected potted/bedded plants i use a variety of natural methods to keep aphids and snails at bay, and they work brilliantly. Bait plants (some weeds fill this purpose too), Neem oil treatment, nematodes, and more.

The amount of life, happy bugs, birds, bees, etc. i find thriving, and the variety, fills me with far more joy than the equivalent of giving my garden a bowl cut.

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Post by Xss3 »

Xss3 wrote: post #308
kulahan wrote: post #254

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is true for a highly attractive wild lawn as well. When things grow truly wild, they're all competing and none do fantastically . If you've got a beautiful yard full of happy native plants, you've likely done some serious work, even if you're just out-competing the invasive plants. That being said, a yard of native plants can still do more good than a yard of grass. Grasses are cool and come in many other forms…

I let thistles, ragwort, clovers, and other flowering native "weeds" grow tall and flower fully, let the grass seed at knee height before cutting it each year, keep some deadfall around, and pile sticks along the fence line. Its still perfectly navigable. The grass is flattened under foot. When cutting i use a scythe and sheers to minimise the amount of caterpillars etc. getting killed. For my protected potted/bedded…

Forgot to add the key point...This is definitely more work than going at it with a lawnmower.

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Post by schiffern »

lbotos wrote: post #269
jrs235 wrote: post #262

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Or mosquito bits

Mosquito bits and dunks are the same thing ya? Just slightly different form factor?

Mosquito dunks are the "time release" version and last 3-4 weeks, mosquito bits need to be added every 3-4 days.
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