coke has been used for years to clean the battery acid accumulation on cables and and post connections. i had trouble with possums....they don't like moth...
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BSPMerced@...
patstribling3
Dec 4, 2006 4:09 pm
... Coke makes a good windshield cleaner too, I'm told by truck drivers. I use it sometimes on my battery cables, when away from home and it starts getting...
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Anna Bond
rejuvenation...
Dec 4, 2006 4:03 pm
Thanks, Dirk. Vinny's sight is truly awesome! ~anna ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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Victor
victorsteelb...
Dec 4, 2006 3:59 pm
Why would you want to get rid of the snakes? The snakes help you with the rat problem. Victor...
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Dirk Coetsee
munkyboythet...
Dec 4, 2006 3:10 pm
Have you tried adding some salt? It should help suppress pathogens, especially if it's too warm ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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Tove Stenersen
tstenersen
Dec 4, 2006 2:44 pm
I use indoor temperature, maybe around 20 to 24 degrees Celsius I use about one or two dl starter pr litre ready cabbage. I donīt measure, it has been...
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Dirk Coetsee
munkyboythet...
Dec 4, 2006 1:42 pm
Hi Tove, How do you ferment cabbage with EM? How much starter do you add and what temperatures do you use? Dirk ... [Non-text portions of this message have...
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Tove Stenersen
tstenersen
Dec 4, 2006 1:31 pm
I live in Norway and have used Vita Biosa as a starter for about a year. If i use the liquid from my previous batch to make cabbage, it doesn@t work as well,...
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Dirk Coetsee
munkyboythet...
Dec 4, 2006 9:02 am
I think the best website for em information is www.eminfo.info The owner, Vinny Pinto, is pretty much the EM authority and runs a yahoo group about EM. EM is...
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BSPMerced@...
patstribling3
Dec 4, 2006 8:31 am
... Back home in the hills, in WV, some of my folks kept pigs around to kill the snakes. They seem to like the taste of the things, and quite possibly the fat...
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Anna Bond
rejuvenation...
Dec 4, 2006 8:30 am
EM is Effective Microorganisms discovered by Japanese farmer and researcher Teruo Higa. You can read much more about these amazing microorganisms at...
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Ross McKay
webawarerosko
Dec 4, 2006 6:06 am
Wikipedia's external links policies are biting, so the Kefir page has lost its links for finding kefir grains. Thus, I've put together a page with links to the...
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Heidi Schuppenhauer
athenaofcedars
Dec 4, 2006 2:36 am
EM stands for Effective Microorganisms. It's basically a starter culture of some pretty neat germs ... I think you'd like them. The culture smells a lot like...
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Heidi Schuppenhauer
athenaofcedars
Dec 4, 2006 12:26 am
Hm. If coke *doesn't* work, I wonder if vodka would? Rats are purported to love alcohol too ... Actually if you made the dish deep, they'd probably drown in it...
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Heidi Schuppenhauer
athenaofcedars
Dec 4, 2006 12:17 am
The poison WORKS ... the problem is, the rats eventually get used to it and then when the owls (or dogs) eat the rats, it kills the predator. Which is not what...
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wysiwyg111
Dec 3, 2006 10:50 pm
... [snip] ... [snip] ... OK folks... I'll bite; WHAT is EM and WHAT is Biosa? Please have pity on this (apparently!) newbie and don't worry about "talking...
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Deanna
yoginidd
Dec 3, 2006 10:46 pm
... Last night, our dog Daphne, a cattle dog mix, was going to come in for the night cuz it's pretty cold here now. But DH saw that she had what looked like...
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BSPMerced@...
patstribling3
Dec 3, 2006 10:45 pm
For a really, really cheap and safe rat poison, try coke. That's right, plain old Coke. One of our blood donors said that he had rats around his commercial...
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Linda Pugh
vermontlabs
Dec 3, 2006 10:22 pm
... You should patent your idea! ... Too funny (if you're not a rat!) I bet people would be lining up to play...... ... From what I understand, it's quite...
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craicker@...
milkstache47
Dec 3, 2006 10:15 pm
Heidi, You crack me up....LOL. After ten years of fighting the rats here, (we have chickens & pigeons and have raised goats, emu, pheasant and quail) poison...
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Heidi Schuppenhauer
athenaofcedars
Dec 3, 2006 9:22 pm
Hi Heidi, ... or rat terrier to help you out. Of course, that would probably be another mouth to feed, and then they come with their own set of problems...
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Linda Pugh
vermontlabs
Dec 3, 2006 8:26 pm
Hi Heidi, Thanks for the great explanation, so it sounds as if you need a cat, beagle or rat terrier to help you out. Of course, that would probably be...
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Heidi Schuppenhauer
athenaofcedars
Dec 3, 2006 7:58 pm
I looked for a bokashi fermenter, to see if it would help, but I remembered why I didn't get one. The bokashi is *wheat bran* which I just don't want to have...
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Heidi Schuppenhauer
athenaofcedars
Dec 3, 2006 7:56 pm
The problem is, these are native rats that always live around here. But when, say, a chicken scratches their food all over (they do) then a bit of leftover...
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Linda Pugh
vermontlabs
Dec 3, 2006 2:37 pm
What is it about farm animals that attract rats? Is it the manure? I think that you can discourage flies by adding diatamaceous earth to the feed, but...
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Heidi Schuppenhauer
athenaofcedars
Dec 3, 2006 5:57 am
Thanks, Heidi. EM has served me well for the past 5 years. I'm happy to have an EM practitioner to converse with. I use EM in my extensive gardens, in ponds...
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Anna Bond
rejuvenation...
Dec 3, 2006 5:03 am
Thanks, Heidi. EM has served me well for the past 5 years. I'm happy to have an EM practitioner to converse with. I use EM in my extensive gardens, in ponds...
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Heidi Schuppenhauer
athenaofcedars
Dec 3, 2006 4:03 am
Welcome! I'd love you hear of your adventures with EM, personally. I killed off most of my earthworms this year because the lid broke and the rats got in and...
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Anna Bond
rejuvenation...
Dec 3, 2006 2:34 am
Hello, friends, I live in rural Vermont where I forage wild foods and garden biologically using cultures of Effective Microorganisms, compost and earthworms....
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Kelly & Allen Hoffman
kahoff57730
Dec 1, 2006 2:44 pm
Hi Beth, Thanks for posting on my community board. Looks like you got it figured out. Hope to visit plenty more. Talk more soon........smiles........Kelly ...
