Espoma Organic Plant Foods - Benefits of Phosphate- July 27, 2008 Espoma Rock Phosphate is a natural way to supply phosphate to your plants and flowers. The potential and occurrence for phosphorus deficiency is second only to nitrogen in plants and flowers. A couple quick facts about phosphate in gardening:Phosphorus is the third most limiting nutrient with respect to macronutrient uptake. Nitrogen and potassium are the only other essential plant food nutrients taken up in greater quantities. Phosphorus plays a vital role in energy transfer, photosynthesis,...http://www.backyardstyle.com/blog/2008/07/espoma-organic-plant-foods-benefits-of.html Sonic Pest Chasers - Do they work- July 22, 2008 The short answer is YES, sonic Pest Chasers work to repel rodents and NO, sonic Pest Chasers do not work to repel insects. In fact, the US Government has ruled that ultra-sonic product devices are NOT proven to repel insects.Ultrasound repels rodents by subjecting them to auditory stress. In terms of humans, it is like a continuous scratching of a chalkboard with your finger nails. Very simply, ultrasound hurts rodent's ears.Sonic pest chasing devices use a classic animal behavior modification..http://www.backyardstyle.com/blog/2008/07/sonic-pest-chasers-do-they-work.html Escape from the Backyard - About Dog GPS Locators- July 18, 2008 Global Positioning Systems.They are cropping up everywhere and making our lives easy, safer and more convenient. There isn't a person that I know that hasn't raved about a new GPS product. Most notably are the car GPS systems - but as you know there is much more out there and much more to come.If you are a pet owner, I am sure that you guessed that GPS locators for dogs would be coming soon - but the part that I DIDN'T guess was the ease of use of some of the systems and the way they are...http://www.backyardstyle.com/blog/2008/07/escape-from-backyard-about-dog-gps.html No More Geese! - Liquid Fence Goose Repellent- July 11, 2008 Smile and scoop up your last Goose turd.Goose, Duck and Turkey habitat can be greatly reduced with Liquid Fence's ingenius product. In a nutshell, the way that Goose Repellent works is that it makes the food supply ( where you apply it) very undesirable to geese, turkeys and ducks. They hate it! In essense, this safely contaminates the geese and duck food source.Take away the food source and those ducks and geese will migrate right out of the area to find food somewhere else. And you will be...http://www.backyardstyle.com/blog/2008/07/no-more-geese-liquid-fence-goose.html Happy 4th of July! - Keep the Mosquitos at Bay this Weekend- July 5, 2008 Our featured product this July 4th is Natural Mosquito Repellant by St. Gabriel Labs.St. Gabriels Organics (best known for thier Milky Spore products) has created a Natural Mosquito Repellant that contains Garlic Juice, Citronella, White Pepper, Potassium Sorbate and Molasses to repel mosquitos effectively and naturally. It works on Gnats, Fleas and Ticks for up to four weeks. Each bottle (with hose-end sprayer) will cover 5,000 square feet.One of the most interesting articles on mosquitos that.http://www.backyardstyle.com/blog/2008/07/happy-4th-of-july-keep-mosquitos-at-bay.html How to Attract Birds to Your Yard- July 3, 2008 Did you know that wild bird feeding is the 2nd largest outdoor recreational hobby in the USA. (The first is gardening). Over 85 million people feed birds annually in the USA. The term "Birders" is used for people who feed birds. Why are there over 85 million birders in the USA Well, there are some great reasons why people feed birds. The first reason being that wild birds are a great natural way of keeping insects under control because the wild birds eat large quantities of insects. Think -- no.http://www.backyardstyle.com/blog/2008/07/how-to-attract-birds-to-your-yard.html |