Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2008 15:13:27 EDT From: Vicki Brannon Subject: Briar Chapel deer Get a couple of good Australian sheep dogs, or hounds, or any good outside dog. They will chase the deer away. Beside, they make good pets, and with a good dog house, can survive our mildContinue Reading

Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2008 08:29:38 EDT From: Shelly Paradis Subject: deer deterrents Meg, I know that lavender plants deter deer.  I have them all over my farm because deer do not like to rub against them.  Lavender oil from the plant  gets on their coats and changes the deer’sContinue Reading

Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2008 07:37:48 -0400 From: Ann Hudak Subject: Park and Ride Chatham Co Thank you Richard for telling us about the Park and Ride. I recently applied to Tar Heel Temps thinking I would be in hog heaven because I could drive 2 miles up the streetContinue Reading

Date: Sat, 31 May 2008 03:55:03 -0400 From: Mark Stinson Subject: go further on less If you remember I once mentioned a nice old lady crying at the gas station. She had lost her husband and was working 2 jobs to pay the bills. She was crying because she tookContinue Reading

Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2008 00:45:30 -0400 From: Debbie Roos Subject: squash bugs? This could be due to inadequate pollination. If the female flower is not pollinated (in this case by bees) then no fruit develop and the flower will drop off. Inadequate pollination can be due to insufficient populationsContinue Reading

Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2008 15:43:48 -0400 From: Sam Groce Subject: Horse Slobbers In response to the question about Horse Slobbers, the fungus that can cause slobbers in horses is Rhizoctonia leguminicola. It produces the mycotoxin slaframine which causes slobbering from the horse’s mouth. This is known as Slaframine poisoningContinue Reading

Date: Thu, 29 May 2008 10:46:06 -0400 From: Carole Hoffman Subject: Response to “Those pesky ticks” Snowflake, Thanks for the tick tip of duck tape around the ankles.  I’m going to give it a try.  As many of us do around here, I live in the woods, aka “tick central”.Continue Reading

Date: Wed, 28 May 2008 18:13:40 EDT From: Janet  Jones-Parker Doublier Subject: Terminex information Those who use Terminex need to have the following  information.  There are two Terminex franchisees working in Chatham County  but only one is local and has a  strong customer service orientation. I recently called to makeContinue Reading

Date: Wed, 28 May 2008 18:26:08 GMT From: Snowflake Subject: Those pesky ticks I am writing after reading about “tick sticks”.  One other method of slowing the little suckers down is to wrap duct tape inside out around the ankles.  I have read that in California they drag white, lightContinue Reading

Date: Wed, 28 May 2008 11:28:39 -0400 From: Rita Marley-McKenzie Subject: IEP/504 Navigation This is in response to the person who needs help with IEP/504: Chatham County Together has a Family Advocate program that helps families navigate the IEP/504 process and helps to locate services for your child. Call themContinue Reading

Date: Wed, 28 May 2008 08:20:16 -0700 (PDT) From: Kit Donner Subject: Unmanageable and dangerous dogs Dan – Good luck with both getting your life back together, and with hopefully doing something responsible about your unmanageable dogs. You may not want to hear my suggestions, if so stop reading now.Continue Reading

Date: Wed, 28 May 2008 11:08:09 -0400 From: Dan Cahoon Subject: 504 plans I am in the same situation with one of my children. He is disabled and as a result has difficulty with the current method of education at his school. I am a teacher and so well versedContinue Reading

Date: Tue, 27 May 2008 16:48:57 -0400 From: Gene Subject: Chatlist Membership database cleanup this week I will be doing a chatlist membership database cleanup this week. That means that I will be removing any email addresses with multiple “bounce backs” from the database. I like to keep a currentContinue Reading

Date: Wed, 21 May 2008 14:46:50 -0400 (EDT) From: Groucho Subject: Squirrels and Bird Feeders Ahnie Rising asked about squirrels and birdseed. I have the feeling you will receive a lot of advice on this topic. There are only two kinds of people who feed birds: Those who have beenContinue Reading

Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2008 15:50:21 +0000 From: Meg Miller Subject: Need mower advise/comment Morning all- My husband is one of the “recyclers” some of you don’t care for. About a month he brought home a manual mower from the recycle center. I don’t know if it was in theContinue Reading