At the end of this blog there
will be a point I suppose. We will get there together; enjoy the walk while we
head there. It begins with my Granddaughter and our walks that take forever but
somehow always get there. See how that ties in?
It’s sort of about my granddaughter’s fixation with all things buggy. It
is this bent in her nature that make the walks long; that and her astounding
abilities to notice all things gunky and gross. The smallest bug will not
escape her. So observant is she in fact
that when I turned over a rock expecting to keep her occupied I was interrupted
when I proceeded to turn it back in my disappointment in the lack of the creepy.
Lyla reached down and pulled up a BB sized ball that looked like a Potato Bug Armadillo.
She turned a pebble and caught a worm that was 6" long and, in the process
of yanking out this worm, she found the "mommy" Potato Bug.
I love observant people. People,
who remember names, people who can research, people who look through people.
People who look through peep holes. (Philologists and scientists lol, that was
fun). There is a certain amount of trust I give my Granddaughter. One
"trust" I give is that if she says "look" or can I
"hode it" (hold it) there is something to see and something to hode. I
do not trust my granddaughter not to touch a scorpion or a bee and I do not
trust her fully when she says there is nothing in her pockets; I have found the
"Snea Snails" in my carpet. Now, please take the hand of the person
next to you as we do a little jump to the point. I take these steps all the
time but word is out that others do not always follow. Hence the warning.
Fiesta weed spray. There are
certain things I trust about it. In fact, it is pretty transparent about its
ability in the literature it provides and warnings it gives. Proper research
makes it possible for people to make informed decisions. It may in fact work on certain stages of
listed weeds at certain stages of the season in certain weather conditions if
properly applied. It and Nematodes are new and complicated products and IF I am
to use them I need to trust the things they say about themselves. Sooooo, in
the case of Fiesta I would never spray in the fall, I would never give more
than two applications a year and I would not raise people's hopes. Sooooo, when
one of our customers gets an application of Fiesta done this past Monday the
15th of October I can say that the person doing it is nuts, he can't be
trusted.
In the case of Nematodes I am
even more curious. I want to give Lyla a microscope and show her the difference
between our tap water and my Nematode infested water. There is a little fear
and hope that she will never drink water again. Fear because I expect its gross
looking, hope because the mean buggers that eat grubs should be gross looking.
I trust that there are bugs in that package, that the way they say to store
them preserves them and that the way they say to mix them is correct. They are
not leading me astray in the latter and I trust therefore that they are not
misinforming me when they say when to apply and in what conditions. Now is too
late so why sell the service? Call me
May 15th to get on the list.
Finally, for those still with
me, I want to see a Nematode streak towards a grub. I want to see the Grub
recoil as the worm starts destroying it. I want to have the time to turn over a
rock, sit on my haunches and stir the dirt with my fingers. I want this time
not to be a "hobby", a "vacation" or a "break".
It needs to be normal and expected and not a waste of time. Anyone with a
Nematode, a Grub and a microscope that wants to take me for a walk is welcome
to call or write.
