http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/ How To Get Rid of Things: Forums Forum: Gardening en Sat, 05 Jul 2008 23:46:21 +0000 http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/topic/problem-with-racoon#post-224 Mon, 09 Jun 2008 17:11:07 +0000 getagrip 224@http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/ <p>Have the raccoon move along. If he becomes to much at home he will be harder and harder to get rid of. Make him uncomfortable as possible. A doberman and/or bright light and noise is all you need until he gets the hint. </p> http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/topic/ticks#post-219 Mon, 09 Jun 2008 16:34:00 +0000 getagrip 219@http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/ <p>That is how ticks operate. They are looking for a host..whether animal or human. Try reppellant or stay away from the overhang as much as possible. Always check yourself after being outside and DO NOT crush a tick that's biting..Put Vaseline on it throughly and it will back out...THEN go ahead and seek your revenge!<br /> Your last resort is pesticides UNDER the foliage. </p> http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/topic/problem-with-racoon#post-212 Thu, 29 May 2008 23:20:13 +0000 Lexridge 212@http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/ <p>Raccoons can be vicious, especially if rabid, which is fairly common. When my son still lived at home, I would have him do target practice on them, mainly because they always made a mess of my garbage. Now that the raccoons are gone, the opossums are taking up for them. They are worse IMO, and they stink as well. I just killed one yesterday with a shovel because it was too stupid to run when I approached it. Not something I like to do, and again, the stench almost made me vomit.</p> <p>Lexridge </p> http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/topic/problem-with-racoon#post-207 Thu, 29 May 2008 17:40:35 +0000 snake2000 207@http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/ <p>I have a pond in the backyard in East Vanouver, WA and lately I notice we have the visitor of racoon although I believe my pond is too deep for the racoon to reach for my koi fish, I still do not want them around. Any proven method to get rid of them? Please help. </p> http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/topic/ticks#post-199 Tue, 27 May 2008 13:26:11 +0000 samoya22 199@http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/ <p>Jen,</p> <p>Who is your state governor?</p> <p>-J </p> http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/topic/ticks#post-188 Fri, 23 May 2008 14:55:59 +0000 jen157 188@http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/ <p>It would be great to get rid of ticks in my yard I've already found two of them on me and the state gov said that something like 40% of ticks this year have lime disease. </p> http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/topic/ticks#post-146 Fri, 25 Apr 2008 07:46:21 +0000 samoya22 146@http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/ <p>I am unaware of any techniques for controlling ticks in your trees. It sounds like a pretty good plot for a bad movie on the science fiction channel. Does anyone else have any ideas for yardlover? I'm baffled. I guess I would suggest a barrier treatment applied to the trunks of your trees? Maybe? You may want to contact your local extension office to get a better handle on what you're dealing with. </p> http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/topic/ticks#post-138 Thu, 24 Apr 2008 13:01:52 +0000 yardlover 138@http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/ <p>How do I get rid of ticks in my trees etc; I put out granules on the ground that work for that, but they are still in my trees and jump onto my head when I walk under them. tks </p> http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/topic/bee-under-patio#post-118 Wed, 02 Apr 2008 10:24:28 +0000 samoya22 118@http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/ <p>Have you tried screening the bottom of your porch in too? Rocks are easy enough for wasps to navigate through, so I think you're wasting your time there--as well as wasting perfectly good household cleaners. You need to find where they are getting in and out and plug those holes for good. You may also want to try using a barrier treatment, like a permethrin-based dust or solution to be sprayed around the sides of your porch. Dusting with boric acid (20 Mule Borax) might help too, but both of these solutions require reapplication on a regular basis because they break down rather quickly when exposed to sunlight and weather. </p> http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/topic/bee-under-patio#post-112 Fri, 28 Mar 2008 20:31:30 +0000 Samantha 112@http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/ <p>Summer is coming around the corner. And that means that wasps will start forming a coloney under my patio like ever year. I've tried raid, putting rocks in front of the hole, I've sprayed house hold cleaners there thinking it would kill them, I've even sat there all day with a bug zapper killing them all.</p> <p>How can I keep them away!?!? </p>