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gazza
PostPosted: May 30th, '13, 13:44 
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Facebook working fine. I seem to recall Doom had the BFG also
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tgmitchell wrote:

Biggest problem at the moment is caterpillars - hand picking them everyday seems to keep the damage down



I read a really interesting article recently about guinea fowl and how some people use them to remove the pest population in their gardens. With a small system I am sure it's possible to keep the population down manually but with larger systems it might be useful to have an ally. Guinea Fowls are better than chickens as they are serious insect hunters don't eat your plants (well not like chickes) and don't scratch much.

"The Guinea fowl diet consists of grains, seeds, grasses, leaves and insects - lots and lots of insects."
http://voices.yahoo.com/guinea-fowl-nat ... 80243.html

Guinea Fowl Keep the Bugs Away
http://www.motherearthnews.com/homestea ... z2UlZ2iq7n

Has anybody got experience with this?

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Cool idea - might try it - thanks
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Man that is a pretty awesome system.

You must have a heap of produce to give away when it is in full throttle.
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Not yet - but that's the idea - at the moment only the mizuna, lettuces, mint, chives and water parsley are producing enough for giving away.

The brassicas are going pretty well.

Last year I had celery and Italian parsley coming out my ears :-)
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I'm thinking of putting a greenhouse over the whole lot. Anyone with any experience at this? I know I have to put doors and "windows" on it and in summer I'll have to put a shadecloth ceiling up. Any other ideas for me?
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Don't worry about shade cloth just make a hoop house with openable windows or ends
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You sure? This is Perth - we hit 40 degrees pretty frequently in summer...
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o well... yes... then hoop house with removable plastic :P
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We'll the thing is that I want to stop the bugs getting in - caterpillars are going crazy and although the crooks love me my plants don't....
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ahh I see - well greenhouses bring a different sort of bug - whitefly for instance
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Hmmm - how hard are they to control?
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I'm not bothering to control mine atm but I think sticky pads you can buy (yellow and blue) are designed for it. and spraying with worm tea and seasol and garlic etc.
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