I have the winter to prepare an attractive habitat for Humming Birds, Bats and Chicken.
Somehow Lambsquater infiltrated my crops and I raised an out of control common weed as a one of my plants. So. To me it's one. http://toadhill.tripod.com/lambsquarter.htm Looking into it a little more, I noticed it wins in nutrients above all vegetable... and is loved by Grasshoppers. http://mint.ippc.orst.edu/lambsquarter.htm Bitter sweet discovery... It's among the "Big Five" garden pests I want to control next year. (Grasshoppers, Slugs, Aphids, Catterpilers and Moskitos) Do I trust nature even if I have not seen a grasshopper on my Lambsquater...yet? What if I raise Grasshoppers? Are they good for anything? Let me see.... During the depression, some farmers successfully used turkeys to control grasshoppers. Sounds interesting. Another reason to have a couple of free range chicken ;)
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