Comments on: European chafer beetle control

By: Alberto

Alberto — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:02:54 +0000

This is just too funny. Just have your gardener take care of your lawn like I did to mine. It is so much easier and not to mention it doesn’t look as ridiculous as this.

By: Katie

Katie — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 02:01:48 +0000

Hey where did you find that house?
Or what neighborhood is that in?

By: J

Fri, 17 Apr 2009 19:14:17 +0000

Skunk’s,Koon’s and Crow’s eat-em by the tone!

It is time we human’s start doing the same!!!

By: Josee

Josee — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 23:38:20 +0000

Nematodes are effective as well. People in the New Westminster area were given coupons to go get some at gardenworks, but surprise surprise, most of the coupons went unused.

By: Francesca

Francesca — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 02:57:05 +0000

Here is an article about the amazing memory of crows:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/26/science/26crow.html

I hope the crows plot against them, and place slippery objects on their stairs and pathways.

By: out of doors

out of doors — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 16:43:37 +0000

How strange that the people tending this lawn are more interested in engaging in a relationship with crows than with the people you would expect the lawn to impress.

By: melanie watts

melanie watts — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 14:40:37 +0000

It’s gross and hilarious at the same time. Great way to start my morning, laughing. I planted clover around my new house last spring because I’m lazy and I didn’t want to mow or water. It grew great. Right now it is covered in snow and the ground is frozen. I’ll see how it does next year.

By: Andrea Bellamy

Andrea Bellamy — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 04:04:19 +0000

Wren – good point. It’s a lot of trouble to go to for doomed grass.

Kate – totally! It’s the lawn equivalent of plastic-covered furniture!

Milkybeer – Gardening on the darkside…

Emma – I can’t stress enough how little I know about lawn maintenance, but from what the interweb is telling me, early fall is the time to do it.

Martin – Thanks! I accept it with honor!

Mik – No kidding that spot is “wrong”! I can see that about crows; they are fascinating creatures.

Katie – wow. So sad. I didn’t know that. Our cat killed a woodpecker many years ago and its mate came back year after year (I may be anthropomorphizing a bit but I think it was mourning her and looking for her still). So it doesn’t surprise me that these birds mate for life.

Amen on the lawn thing, too. I love the clover lawn replacement (shown on the last link.)

By: Katie

Katie — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 01:54:48 +0000

That is so sad. Have you ever wondered why it is that when you see one crow, you usually see another one? They MATE FOR LIFE. That person just killed someone’s significant other. How cruel. You should report them to your local animal welfare office.

And yes, there are BETTER ways to deal with critters tearing up a lawn, like oh, say, getting rid of the lawn.

By: Mik

Mik — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 22:06:53 +0000

Apparently this is a very effective way of scaring away crows, although I do have to admit it looks pretty bad. Crows have great memory and great social and communication skills. They will remember for several years that that spot is ‘wrong’, crows get killed there. It is pretty basic, but very rewarding, behavior.

The chicken wire, I don’t like, why have a lawn at all?