[Ag-eq] Soil-dwelling pests

[nfoster at extremezone.com]

Jewel:

I keep checking their feet and so far so good.  I've been worried about it. 
I've also been worried about the horse, but the farrier says they are looking
good.

I'm really getting tired of all this water.

Nella
Quoting Jewel via Ag-eq <ag-eq at nfbnet.org>:

> The wettest spring ever and you have just moved your goats from desert
> conditions into it!  Keep a
> close eye on their feet.  Here in Southland where we tend to have wet
> pastures, particularly during
> the winter, spring and autumn, our goats suffer from a foot ailment called
> "scald"  which makes them
> very lame.  Run your finger between the heels and if they have got it or
> something similar, they,
> the goats, will make it very clear to you that it hurts.  Zinc cream is a
> good treatment and may
> even be a cure.
>
>          Jewel
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: "Nella Foster via Ag-eq" <ag-eq at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Thursday, June 18, 2015 8:31 PM
> To: "Agricultural and Equestrean Division List" <ag-eq at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: <nfoster at extremezone.com>
> Subject: Re: [Ag-eq] Soil-dwelling pests
>
> Jewel:
>
> Thanks for the suggestions; I'll have to look for it.
>
> It keeps raining and raining here; I hope it doesn't kill what garden I have
> left.  I'm thinking about getting the goats life jackets.
>
> We are having one of the wettist years in history.
>
> Nella
>
>
>
> Quoting Jewel via Ag-eq <ag-eq at nfbnet.org>:
>
> > I knew that when I wrote "reem" granules it sounded wrong.  It is, of
> course,
> > "Neem Tree" granules!
> >
> >         Jewel
> >
> >
> > --------------------------------------------------
> > From: "Jewel via Ag-eq" <ag-eq at nfbnet.org>
> > Sent: Thursday, June 18, 2015 1:36 PM
> > To: "Agricultural and Equestrean Division List" <ag-eq at nfbnet.org>
> > Cc: "Jewel" <jewelblanch at kinect.co.nz>
> > Subject: [Ag-eq] Soil-dwelling pests
> >
> > For those home gardeners whose vegetables are being attacked by wireworms
> and
> > other soil-dwelling
> > insects and arthropods who wish to avoid using chemical pesticides, reem
> tree
> > granules are a  safe,
> > natural alternative:  just sprinkle some granules on the soil around your
> > susceptible plants.
> >
> >                Jewel
> >
> >
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