Pest Control – Raging Rosarian http://www.ragingrosarian.com Raging Rosarian is a gardening blog celebrating, ranting, and raving about the cultivation of roses, heirloom tomatoes, and other examples of entertaining greenery. Mon, 21 May 2018 02:08:18 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.3.1 http://www.ragingrosarian.com/wp-content/uploads/tinyicon-45x45.png Pest Control – Raging Rosarian http://www.ragingrosarian.com 32 32 A bird ate one of my roses! Where is my pellet gun? http://www.ragingrosarian.com/blog/2018/05/20/a-bird-ate-one-of-my-roses-where-is-my-pellet-gun/ Mon, 21 May 2018 02:05:15 +0000 http://www.ragingrosarian.com/?p=3942 Well here is a first. Some evil birdie snatched a nearly open bloom and snacked on it this afternoon! I know they smell like candy, but isn’t this a bit much? The remains of the rose were crumpled up in a neighboring pot… Now that is sneaky!

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]]> More biological warfare: nicotine http://www.ragingrosarian.com/blog/2018/01/19/biological-warfare-nicotine/ Fri, 19 Jan 2018 13:19:06 +0000 http://www.ragingrosarian.com/?p=3559 I love evolution and phylogeny. With animals, you can see how similar traits were adapted over time given different environmental pressures or happenstances. Now that we know T-rex was feathered and mitochondrial DNA has suggested its closest living relatives include the common chicken, that trip to KFC has new meaning. With plants, it’s especially interesting […]

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]]> The nuclear weapon of organic pest control http://www.ragingrosarian.com/blog/2017/12/24/the-nuclear-weapon-of-organic-pest-control/ Sun, 24 Dec 2017 01:34:04 +0000 http://www.ragingrosarian.com/?p=2448 The best way to keep insect pests at bay: foul the area with something so noxious they’ll never know what hit them. Enter the cayenne pepper. In this case, you’re looking at ground Ristra Cayenne pepper from my 2015 crop. Unfortunately this particular batch happened to be so delicious to me that I chose to […]

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