RE: [BlindHandyMan] Intro and question.

Tue, 22 Jan 2008 14:44:01 -0800 

Duh, forgot about those because they have an odd odor that my 
secretary hates. They definitley do work.
Betsy
At 12:31 PM 1/22/2008, you wrote:
>One more thought on our friends the roaches.
>The *Roach Motel* is also pretty effective in controlling the wee critters.
>I live in Eastern Oklahoma where the fairly high humidity makes a wonderful
>place for roaches to live, party and breed. (LOL)
>Cy, the Ancient Okie....
>
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>On Behalf Of Betsy Whitney, Dolphin Press
>Sent: Monday, January 21, 2008 3:55 PM
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>Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Intro and question.
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>Hi Alan,
>You'll probably get lots of opinions about this one, but here in
>Hawaii where roaches can be an issue, we use some form of boric acid.
>You can buy it in powder form, but that tends to be messy. We have
>something here called Harris Pills. My friend in Florida says they
>have a product that is called Boric Acid tablets. These can be tossed
>behind a stove or refrigerator, put on top of cabinets, tossed behind
>the washer, and near and in any warm dark place like around the water
>heater and under the kitchen and bathroom sink.
>
>My box says that they last about three months and that you only need
>one tablet per room. I find that they last much longer than that,
>but we have very few roaches in our home now. This house was a rental
>when we bought it, so it took us about a month to get rid of the roaches.
>
>Get rid of things like paper grocery bags, cardboard boxes. Many
>times those things have roach eggs in them and you can't see them.
>Since some foods come in boxes, I usually put the contents of the box
>or the whole box in a plastic container or a large ziplock bag.
>Remember, food boxes have glue on them and they have been stored in a
>warehouse somewhere before you get them home.
>
>As for something that you can put on your shelves, the only thing I
>know is some form of No Bugs MyLady shelf paper. This item has an
>insect repellant on it, so I have issues with putting my food and
>plates that we eat from on it. Some people put it down and then put a
>regular cupboard liner on top of it. It doesn't last forever, so
>removing it and replacement is a problem.
>
>However, most of us in Hawaii have figured out that if you put no
>shelf paper in your cupboards and wipe them down about once a year
>with some sort of pine cleaner, roaches hate it. My cupboards are
>lined on the bottom with linoleum. It took some time and work but is
>easy to clean. We bought scraps from our local flooring store.
>
>Roaches also like glue on envelopes and spines of books. They love to
>hide in the comb binding of braille books too.
>
>Oh, and about ants.
>Drawing a chalk line actually does work, but if you want something
>more aggressive, we use a product called Taro Drops. You just put a
>drop, really a drop, on a piece of paper and put it near where you
>see the ants. They eat it and take it back to their nest. Keep it
>away from places that animals can get to it because it is sweet and toxic.
>This is probably much more than you wanted to know about critters in the
>home.
>Betsy
>
>At 06:43 PM 1/20/2008, you wrote:
> >What do you do if it is ants or roaches?
> >
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> >Alan D Wheeler
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> >Allen,
> >Welcome. What kind of critters are you trying to keep out? If it is
> >ants or roaches, the answer is differnet than mice.
> >
> >At 05:06 PM 1/20/2008, you wrote:
> > >For a lot of you this will be a re-introduction. My name is Alan Wheeler
> > >and I live in Lincoln, Nebraska where I am currently attending the
> > >University of Nebraska Lincoln.
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> > >Now for my question: Am I recalling correctly that there is this adhesive
> > >sheeting you can put in cupboards that deters little critters from making
>a
> > >home inside them?
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