Comments on: The usual suspects http://neoneocon.com/2006/04/09/usual-suspects/ Fri, 29 Aug 2008 21:21:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1 By: Ymarsakar http://neoneocon.com/2006/04/09/usual-suspects/#comment-12417 Ymarsakar Sat, 15 Apr 2006 17:30:00 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2006/04/09/usual-suspects/#comment-12417 Goesh, Mighty Bane of Rabbi(t)s Goesh, Mighty Bane of Rabbi(t)s

]]> By: Ruth H http://neoneocon.com/2006/04/09/usual-suspects/#comment-12418 Ruth H Sat, 15 Apr 2006 17:30:00 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2006/04/09/usual-suspects/#comment-12418 I live in South Texas, in an oak forest on a pleistocene<BR/>barrier island, so it is sand all the way down. We have leafcutter ants. I go to bed at night and will have something that looks lush and beautiful and get up in the morning and it will be totally stipped, just sticks in the air. Then if they don't get it all, a gopher may come along and decide its roots look really good. So he does the rest. Sometimes I feel like I'm reliving CaddyShack. I live in South Texas, in an oak forest on a pleistocene
barrier island, so it is sand all the way down. We have leafcutter ants. I go to bed at night and will have something that looks lush and beautiful and get up in the morning and it will be totally stipped, just sticks in the air. Then if they don’t get it all, a gopher may come along and decide its roots look really good. So he does the rest. Sometimes I feel like I’m reliving CaddyShack.

]]> By: Goesh http://neoneocon.com/2006/04/09/usual-suspects/#comment-12419 Goesh Sat, 15 Apr 2006 17:30:00 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2006/04/09/usual-suspects/#comment-12419 good grief! quite right I meant rabbiT - how do you say mea culpa in Hebrew anyway?? Imaschmuck - no, wait, that sounds more Yiddish..I once accidentally spelled kippah as kipper and a couple of fellows didn't appreciate me saying they were wearing a fish on their heads. good grief! quite right I meant rabbiT - how do you say mea culpa in Hebrew anyway?? Imaschmuck - no, wait, that sounds more Yiddish..I once accidentally spelled kippah as kipper and a couple of fellows didn’t appreciate me saying they were wearing a fish on their heads.

]]> By: Anonymous http://neoneocon.com/2006/04/09/usual-suspects/#comment-12420 Anonymous Sat, 15 Apr 2006 17:30:00 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2006/04/09/usual-suspects/#comment-12420 No more flowery anti-semitism Goesh! No more flowery anti-semitism Goesh!

]]> By: neo-neocon http://neoneocon.com/2006/04/09/usual-suspects/#comment-12421 neo-neocon Sat, 15 Apr 2006 17:30:00 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2006/04/09/usual-suspects/#comment-12421 Goesh: methinks you mean "rabbit" :-) Goesh: methinks you mean “rabbit” :-)

]]> By: Goesh http://neoneocon.com/2006/04/09/usual-suspects/#comment-12422 Goesh Sat, 15 Apr 2006 17:30:00 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2006/04/09/usual-suspects/#comment-12422 Rabbi and tulip clipping stew...?? Rabbi and tulip clipping stew…??

]]> By: ElMondoHummus http://neoneocon.com/2006/04/09/usual-suspects/#comment-12423 ElMondoHummus Sat, 15 Apr 2006 17:30:00 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2006/04/09/usual-suspects/#comment-12423 Mom told me that she got some powdered blood (also called "blood meal") from Wal-Mart, spread it around the boundaries of her garden, and that repelled the rabbits.<BR/><BR/>Yes, powdered blood does exist. Creepy, but it seems to have several different applications (no "Vampire" and "redi-mix" jokes here!!!).<BR/><BR/>Of course, it's still just supposition that you've got a rabbit problem. But I think it's a good guess. Plus, the powdered blood suggestion seems to repel more than just rabbits.<BR/><BR/>Signed,<BR/>ElMondo"Should've-taken-a-left-turn-at-albuquerque"Bunny Mom told me that she got some powdered blood (also called “blood meal”) from Wal-Mart, spread it around the boundaries of her garden, and that repelled the rabbits.

Yes, powdered blood does exist. Creepy, but it seems to have several different applications (no “Vampire” and “redi-mix” jokes here!!!).

Of course, it’s still just supposition that you’ve got a rabbit problem. But I think it’s a good guess. Plus, the powdered blood suggestion seems to repel more than just rabbits.

Signed,
ElMondo”Should’ve-taken-a-left-turn-at-albuquerque”Bunny

]]> By: goesh http://neoneocon.com/2006/04/09/usual-suspects/#comment-12424 goesh Sat, 15 Apr 2006 17:30:00 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2006/04/09/usual-suspects/#comment-12424 it's the work of a rabbit it’s the work of a rabbit

]]> By: vanderleun http://neoneocon.com/2006/04/09/usual-suspects/#comment-12425 vanderleun Sat, 15 Apr 2006 17:30:00 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2006/04/09/usual-suspects/#comment-12425 I am, of course, have the exact same problem with my tulips.<BR/><BR/>I have tried all those things suggested and still they munch.<BR/><BR/>I am now going to DefCon 4 and plan to shoot one and hang its rotten little corpse head down on a stake over the tulips and let it rot.<BR/><BR/>I have. had. it. up. to. here. with. those. bushy. tailed. rats! I am, of course, have the exact same problem with my tulips.

I have tried all those things suggested and still they munch.

I am now going to DefCon 4 and plan to shoot one and hang its rotten little corpse head down on a stake over the tulips and let it rot.

I have. had. it. up. to. here. with. those. bushy. tailed. rats!

]]> By: ElMondoHummus http://neoneocon.com/2006/04/09/usual-suspects/#comment-12426 ElMondoHummus Sat, 15 Apr 2006 17:30:00 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2006/04/09/usual-suspects/#comment-12426 Rabbits, maybe? That's what ate up my mom's garden last year. I keep joking that all she seems to accomplish is plant a bunny's salad bar every spring. Rabbits, maybe? That’s what ate up my mom’s garden last year. I keep joking that all she seems to accomplish is plant a bunny’s salad bar every spring.

]]> By: jg http://neoneocon.com/2006/04/09/usual-suspects/#comment-12427 jg Sat, 15 Apr 2006 17:30:00 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2006/04/09/usual-suspects/#comment-12427 Neo, we are far warmer than you. Even the dogwoods, the glory of spring forests, are finished. So many things--from oaks to fruit trees to flowers, in this case bluebonnets--are just bursting with spring energy. There's just not enough daylight for everything to get done! We've even hummingbirds back, which is very early. Not so good is that a walk in the woods establishes that the poison oak/ivy crop is off to a banner year as well. Neo, we are far warmer than you. Even the dogwoods, the glory of spring forests, are finished. So many things–from oaks to fruit trees to flowers, in this case bluebonnets–are just bursting with spring energy. There’s just not enough daylight for everything to get done! We’ve even hummingbirds back, which is very early. Not so good is that a walk in the woods establishes that the poison oak/ivy crop is off to a banner year as well.

]]> By: jlbussey http://neoneocon.com/2006/04/09/usual-suspects/#comment-12428 jlbussey Sat, 15 Apr 2006 17:30:00 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2006/04/09/usual-suspects/#comment-12428 I was out photographing my tulips this morning too (in the rain). Fortunately for my tulips, my area is too built up now to have deer any more... I was out photographing my tulips this morning too (in the rain). Fortunately for my tulips, my area is too built up now to have deer any more…

]]> By: Steve http://neoneocon.com/2006/04/09/usual-suspects/#comment-12429 Steve Sat, 15 Apr 2006 17:30:00 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2006/04/09/usual-suspects/#comment-12429 Keep planting stuff. That's the only solution. In our yard, which I just inspected today after spending 48 hours under flu watch -- be careful -- some lovely daffodils but other plants going nowhere. And the trees are _just_ starting to bud. And we're almost mid-April! This is going too slow.<BR/>Best of luck. Keep planting stuff. That’s the only solution. In our yard, which I just inspected today after spending 48 hours under flu watch — be careful — some lovely daffodils but other plants going nowhere. And the trees are _just_ starting to bud. And we’re almost mid-April! This is going too slow.
Best of luck.

]]> By: Ymarsakar http://neoneocon.com/2006/04/09/usual-suspects/#comment-12430 Ymarsakar Sat, 15 Apr 2006 17:30:00 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2006/04/09/usual-suspects/#comment-12430 Vegetarians, dangerous folks and molks you know. Vegetarians, dangerous folks and molks you know.

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