Art,
I pour white vinegar in the cracks of my patio to kill the weeds.  It works
for a good while when it is dry, but once the rains come, the weeds start
growing again.  When I had pets that spent time on the patio, I worried
about using poisons, so I started using vinegar.

Shell related - I couldn't tell that affected the slugs that like to eat my
plants.  Still use beer or salt on them.
Lucy Clampit
Houston, TX

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Sent: Sunday, August 27, 2000 11:53 AM
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Subject: Question Man

Dear All---and others;-
        I have been reading with great interest the matter of pesticides
in the environment. Our super-molecules have given us a wealth of
plastics and a plethora of ways to kill things. We have sprays for about
every pest known to man---and a few known to women as well. I bought
mole-poison. It doesn't work. My moles dip their worms in it like a
chip-dip. But I also use Round-Up to keep weeds out of my driveway, wasp
spray so my wife can go outside, and a thing called Snake-Away for the
bottom of our garden.
    IN the house, I find that flying insects will go to a light where
they burn themselves up. No spray needed.
    I'd give them all up if some of our pests were a bit less
pestiferous.
    The QUESTION is----has anyone out there got a better idea? AND will
it work like today?
        Q-man