Date: Thu, 17 May 2012 09:16:48 -0400 From: Debbie Roos Subject: photos: tomato spotted wilt virus Chatham County just had its first confirmed case of tomato spotted wilt virus on tomatoes at a farm near Pittsboro. I posted photos on Cooperative Extension’s Growing Small Farms website at http://bit.ly/KvLsCl Be on the lookout for these symptoms. It’s too soon to
Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2012 06:20:51 -0400 From: Elliot M. Cramer Subject: ticks re: Biteblocker Xtreme for ticks sounds like a placebo to me; hard to believe it is as effective as Deet ingredients Soybean Oil, Coconut Oil, Purified Water, Glycerin, Geranium Oil, Cetearyl Alcohol, Citric Acid, Lecithin and Vanillin. http://www.webmd.com/skin-problems-and-treatments/news/20100525/6-insect-repellents-get-high-marks Six of these repellents earned a “recommended” rating from Consumer
Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2012 00:24:58 -0500 From: Gene Galin Subject: Last Week’s Hottest Chatham Online Bulletin Board Topics 1. Liberal Progressive Pittsboro NC Town Council Denies Children’s Christian Academy (Read 8800 times) at http://chatham-county-nc.com/bulletinboard/index.php/topic,24900.0.html 2. Who is this woman ripping down signs for Haw River Christian School in Pittsboro (Read 7764 times) at http://chatham-county-nc.com/bulletinboard/index.php/topic,24985.0.html 3. Team Pittsboro: Another Randolph Voller scam
Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2012 13:01:39 -0500 From: MarkBeth Morton Subject: Subject: Hardwood floors I use to have a cleaning business = Love Care Cleaning, Inc locally here in Pittsboro, NC. Try saturating a small area (TO TEST) with: Several things should work: such as vegetable oil, WD-40, Goo Gone, De-Solv-It, Avon Skin So Soft, or a pre-soak laundry
Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2012 08:25:57 -0500 From: Jody – Tritech Subject: Engine advice and customer service for unreasonable customers Regarding the engine where the purchaser won’t let you see what’s going on….tell him it worked fine before it left, and that refusing to let you see it as installed is a complete deal breaker. We’ve had many
Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2011 09:25:15 -0400 From: Michelle Sischo Subject: Re: Chatham Chatlist #4144 Only received postings up to 37…I am assuming another second part will be going out later? Thanks. ********************************************************** Michelle et al - The entire list of posts went out in one Chatham Chatlist. If for some reason, you are not able to see the entire Chatham Chatlist you
Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2011 12:11:20 -0400 From: Sam Groce Subject: A Summary of “Taking the Fire Out of Fire Ants” We would like to respond to Virginia Mary Jacks’ strategy for managing fire ants and her wish that “the extension office would remind us of our options to go green!!” We’re pleased that she has found the
Date: Sun, 4 Sep 2011 18:32:42 -0400 (EDT) From: Colin Coxall Subject: RE: Snapping turtle in my pond I am responding to Tony’s enquiry regarding wine pairing with Turtle. You do not say what your recipe is, so I am assuming it is turtle soup. If the recipe is calling for sherry or Madeira wine, then I would
Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2011 16:14:01 -0400 From: Lynn Hayes Subject: mold Mold is a very tricky issue and one where you can spend lots of potentially unnecessary dollars. In real estate transactions we sometimes see thousands of dollars in cost estimates to remediate a mold problem that could just as easily be remedied with an antifungal spray
Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2011 08:49:31 -0400 From: Tony Blake Subject: RE: Snapping turtle in my pond You need to call Ernie Brown the turtle man: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gn8EQ0azXpQ Assuming you are not planning to take him alive try: http://www.ta...
Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2011 17:21:18 -0400 From: Haw River Assembly Subject: Re: dead fish at Jordan Lake In response to the sighting of dead fish at Jordan Lake (said to be between Ebenezer Beach and Poplar Point) In general, it is not a good idea to swim where there are many dead fish. If they died from a
Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2011 18:37:58 -0400 From: Anne Flannery Subject: Hummingbirds vs yellow jackets Thank you Thank you Thank you to all of you Chatlisters who wrote me with your wonderful ideas to keep the yellow jackets away from the hummingbird feeder. What a great resource this Chatlist is! Here was the most repeated suggestion: Spray the feeder
Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2011 17:00:14 -0400 From: Kira Dirlik Subject: Another swift note I am finally taking the time to read all the many websites that folks here recommended. This paragraph below was quite upsetting. From http://www.chimneyswifts.org/page22.html “…… Chimney Swifts are protected by Federal Law under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. Unfortunately, some chimney cleaning companies will still illegally
Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2011 04:54:19 -0700 (PDT) From: deborah bair Subject: Re: swarms on hummer feeders Anne: I had a terrible problem with swarming on my hummingbird feeders this year, and finally googled “swarms” & “hummingbird feeders”. This was the main suggestion: spray with PAM! Spray around the feeding spout or tube. It does not affect the hummers,
Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2011 14:52:01 -0700 (PDT) From: Jason Strickland Subject: “cow killer ants” These are wingless wasp and they do indeed sting. They have a very powerful venom and the pain factor gets worse instead of better. Last time I was stung by one I stepped on it barefoot and my leg was useless for about
Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2011 22:18:50 -0400 From: Aaron Honeycutt Subject: Bird Problem For Kira I read your post about the young birds in your chimney. Sitting here I, of course ,can’t say if the parent birds are coming down to feed their young which have fallen down below the nest. My guess is probably not. While seeing young
Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2011 08:13:22 -0400 From: Whitney Schmidt Subject: Purple Crepe (or Crape) Myrtles I think what you may want is the Lagerstroemia indica ‘Catawba.’ Cooper Payne Tree Farm in Hillsborough sells them, and probably many other folks around here. Cooper Payne spells it “Crape.” Generally wholesale nurseries won’t sell to the public (I was a grower
Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2011 13:30:38 -0400 From: Tom Glendinning Subject: Subject: Dark purple crape myrtles wanted Use a landscape professional. They can obtain the plants, plant them and guarantee them. BTW, it’s crepe myrtle. The market strategy imposed by the big box stores in the last five years has changed the marketplace. In an effort to dominate the market
Date: Sat, 16 Jul 2011 12:17:15 -0400 From: Aaron Honeycutt Subject: Turkey Vulture problems For Bonnie, Vultures are sometimes encouraged to leave an area by hanging black plastic trash bags from tree limbs or porch railings in the area of congregation. The theory is of course that they might perceive this as dead vultures. I should think that if
: Mon, 11 Jul 2011 22:51:44 -0400 From: John Oberlin Subject: RE: Subject: underground electric dog fence Greetings, I’ve had a couple of underground electric dog fences for our dogs at different houses. They do work and can at times work very well. However, it is just as true that sometimes they don’t work well. Your type of dog(s),