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Apr 10, 2011 1:28 PM CST
Name: Veronica Dykes
central Texas
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It's afternoon now, where did the morning go? Part of the time was spent trimming cat claws and medicating ears for earmites.

Whenever I see mottled leaves I cringe because I know what I will find on the undersides of those leaves, but what I hate seeing the most are grasshoppers. By the time they show up, there is nothing that will kill them in large enough numbers to do any good. I live on a ranch surrounded by other ranches. The grasshoppers number in the tens of thousands. There are about 12 species of grasshoppers in our county and they have plenty of room to lay their eggs. They will eat a Brug right down to the ground. In 2009, they were like a plague. I lost many of my Brugs to them. That year, I didn't have to mow my lawn. The grasshoppers did it for me.

I hope you get rid of the spidermites. They sure sap the strength out of a Brug.
VLD

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