Are the grasshoppers where you are now, or where you plan to be? They can be scary. I think a good strategy would be to get a flock of guinea fowl established, as Dave suggested in another thread. Here we have the big poisonous lubbers--they even make the possums vomit! But if your grasshoppers are not Eastern lubbers, I bet guineas or even peacocks might work to keep them under control. Peacocks will make sure you get up early. My neighbor has them.
