On this page the following entry/entries were made in the month of “September, 2009.” Check out other months in our Archives.
Bug Blog Archives for “September, 2009”
In Our Defense
We have found it necessary to say some things in defense of our company, to explain who we are in the grand scheme of things. To reveal the day-to-day and what lies on our hearts here. Our inner workings. We’ll mention why we’re doing this near the end of this entry.
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Plantskydd Animal Repellent Goes on Sale
Up here in the northern tier states late summer and fall start two particular natural cycles that can give us some grief. Specifically herbaceous plants and foliage starts dying off, and animals feed insatiably as they fatten themselves for the coming winter. We can’t help you stop the turning of the seasons to extend your growing season, you need a greenhouse if you want to cheat nature, but we can help you keep deer, rabbit, moose, and elk at a distance. We offer this protection with our blood-based Plantskydd Animal Repellent — and now it’s on sale.
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Work Will Soon Begin…
Work will soon begin on our 2010 catalog. Wow, 2010. It seems like we slipped into the new millennium a lot less than a whole ten years ago. But numbers don’t lie, do they? Ten years, and it’ll be our 18th year as a company. Where does all the time go? If you know the answer, please respond, but it’s not the reason for this entry. We have more important things to discuss than the mysterious slippage of time. We here to ask you if you have any requests. Ribbit?
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End-of-Season Aphidius Sale
Since Aphidius spp. handle cool weather well — just like aphids — and so many folks are growing mums at this time, we decided to offer our Aphidius spp. parasitoids on sale for a limited time. There are other reasons for this sale, too. We know using Aphidius spp. now can help set you up for a better spring next season since some of these parasitoids will overwinter, ready to start on day-one next year.
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Starting Your Own Insectary
It’s so easy even a cat can do it. At least according to a cat named Marge. One that just so happens to be a popular writer — and loving companion to one P. Allen Smith, gardening legend. Her cat’s eye perspective is certainly unique. In a recent pallensmith.com article, she relates how she wanted her owner to slow down and relax. To accomplish this she talked him into making an insectary by starting a garden just for bugs — to encourage them to stick around and take care of all the plants so he didn’t have to. Come to find out, it wasn’t that hard to do.
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