tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4771557388430184941.post3659448175955981435..comments2024-03-23T10:59:54.394-06:00Comments on The 7MSN Ranch: Gardening with grasshoppersthe7msnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01082802012105875164noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4771557388430184941.post-43087407259141419702015-07-18T22:08:42.243-06:002015-07-18T22:08:42.243-06:00I remember the year the grasshoppers descended/asc...I remember the year the grasshoppers descended/ascended upon my deck because I was growing one large datura plant......a beautiful plant but deadly.....and a narcotic. What I had sprawled all over my deck were stoned grasshoppers. You could easily get near them but they were so zoned out, they couldn't move. Did they die? Heck no. They brought more and more friends every single day. I mean it....every single day there were twice as many and it was a grasshopper party every single day. I learned my lesson on that one...no more datura/brugsmania. I haven't had anything near that experience since (seriously, it was like Hitchcock's "The Birds" when I stepped outside....just that my deck was encrusted with nonmoving grasshoppers, not birds). I think your grasshoppers have found something extra delicious...the exotic Russian sage.Mariahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16769488099776508540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4771557388430184941.post-12234751118159602152015-07-15T21:43:51.774-06:002015-07-15T21:43:51.774-06:00We have giant grass hoppers here that turn a brigh...We have giant grass hoppers here that turn a bright yellow when mature. There is nothing that will eat them. we are forever stomping on them, spray does not kill them. They law eggs and hundreds of little black hoppers hatch out, they can clean a plant of leaves in a matter of hours.ellie khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14729353476036309006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4771557388430184941.post-6489431231645026772015-07-15T19:51:45.435-06:002015-07-15T19:51:45.435-06:00Ewwwwwwww....... I hate hopping bugs. Glad God an...Ewwwwwwww....... I hate hopping bugs. Glad God answered the chickens prayers and brought them some special manna :-)JaneKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01671608749441706267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4771557388430184941.post-89927589890163836512015-07-15T17:39:00.332-06:002015-07-15T17:39:00.332-06:00Please video the chicken attack on the grasshopper...Please video the chicken attack on the grasshoppers!!<br /><br />(By the way, they do sell some kind of cooked whole crickets/grasshoppers here in some city as a kind of touristy gimmick (I think), but I passed when I was asked if I wanted to try one. More for the chickens!!)An American in Tokyonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4771557388430184941.post-62337797213833628312015-07-15T15:05:43.980-06:002015-07-15T15:05:43.980-06:00Oh Linda, what a good idea, you could send a box f...Oh Linda, what a good idea, you could send a box full of them for the hawk!Carinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01060719708064081485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4771557388430184941.post-32753039535671596642015-07-15T13:27:45.193-06:002015-07-15T13:27:45.193-06:00LOL!LOL!Elsewherehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18205062128898300234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4771557388430184941.post-39329314851375500582015-07-15T13:25:09.925-06:002015-07-15T13:25:09.925-06:00Grasshoppers are the next gourmet food. I read tha...Grasshoppers are the next gourmet food. I read that somewhere that we'll be eating them for protein when we run out of farmland. The dip them in chocolate and you don't even know they are critters. How d'ya like them apples?<br />Sandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06298032572347352680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4771557388430184941.post-86205407309832570682015-07-15T11:40:57.778-06:002015-07-15T11:40:57.778-06:00In a weird way i'm looking forward to the post...In a weird way i'm looking forward to the post on The Girls Buffet Feast. Are they loud by any chance? There sure are a lot of them.Jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08150861169852856527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4771557388430184941.post-84263472566097433692015-07-15T11:30:54.826-06:002015-07-15T11:30:54.826-06:00I SO wish you lived nearby. I have a friend that ...I SO wish you lived nearby. I have a friend that is rehabbing a Nighhawk and it will only eat grasshoppers right now. Of course, there are very few to be found here right now. She has half the women in our little town (via a Facebook group) out tromping their pastures to collect the few grasshoppers they can find. She can't order them online because breeding of grasshoppers for sale in the US is illegal. I guess they don't want a plague should some escape.<br />Your chickens must be in buggy heaven!Carlahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14685492126157550044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4771557388430184941.post-18550965341635994932015-07-15T10:33:07.404-06:002015-07-15T10:33:07.404-06:00They sure are eating everything! Green ones are pr...They sure are eating everything! Green ones are pretty...maybe the brown are full of that tobacco juice they spit out? Who knows...I just know Mrs. Hughes is gonna love this!Ethelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16389117351829680827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4771557388430184941.post-5092926322214177582015-07-15T10:16:21.885-06:002015-07-15T10:16:21.885-06:00This should result in the tastiest XXXL eggs ever ...This should result in the tastiest XXXL eggs ever for you! Yumm! (In your pictures, the plague looks almost kinda cute, though.)Irmgardnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4771557388430184941.post-50483817975488263932015-07-15T10:10:15.912-06:002015-07-15T10:10:15.912-06:00Chickens will have alot of fun with those ugly thi...Chickens will have alot of fun with those ugly things. Anything that flies and can get caught up in my hair...I don't like. At least they are one step up from your rattle snakes. Those grasshoppers remind me of a Little House on the Prairie episode. Pa planted acres of corn and it was almost time for harvest until those grasshopers/locusts came and destroyed it all. Don't go and plant corn or anything...it would be all for nothing. Happy HUMP day!Laura Sudderthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17342155031425610582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4771557388430184941.post-7297841655357708562015-07-15T09:14:55.437-06:002015-07-15T09:14:55.437-06:00oh my... grasshopper buffet everybody!oh my... grasshopper buffet everybody!Brigittehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04474923343078122713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4771557388430184941.post-67173775776412355832015-07-15T09:13:35.844-06:002015-07-15T09:13:35.844-06:00Hmmm. We'll see what Donald Trump, who has an ...Hmmm. We'll see what Donald Trump, who has an opinion on everything, has to say about that.Brigittehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04474923343078122713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4771557388430184941.post-29580848500802272392015-07-15T08:37:10.762-06:002015-07-15T08:37:10.762-06:00Update: the garden gate is now open for the chicke...Update: the garden gate is now open for the chickens to come and go at their leisure. You've all convinced me that chicken poop on the walkway is better than a plague of grasshoppers.the7msnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01082802012105875164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4771557388430184941.post-70909129689382886502015-07-15T08:35:19.335-06:002015-07-15T08:35:19.335-06:00I think their union rep has been feeding you a lin...I think their union rep has been feeding you a line of donkey poop. They get all the exercise they need traipsing back and forth across 80 acres, looking for me so that I can remove their muzzles.the7msnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01082802012105875164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4771557388430184941.post-88920079009484373462015-07-15T08:33:13.080-06:002015-07-15T08:33:13.080-06:00Smooch is just fine. Sorry that it's been all ...Smooch is just fine. Sorry that it's been all Hank all the time lately. I'll try to rectify the situation in tomorrow's post.the7msnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01082802012105875164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4771557388430184941.post-76011645618992113462015-07-15T08:32:04.742-06:002015-07-15T08:32:04.742-06:00I don't know if the mushroom is safe to eat, s...I don't know if the mushroom is safe to eat, so I think I'll just admire it.the7msnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01082802012105875164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4771557388430184941.post-87275974584589160152015-07-15T08:06:13.880-06:002015-07-15T08:06:13.880-06:00Is Smooch ok? I suddenly realized I haven't se...Is Smooch ok? I suddenly realized I haven't seen her since June 24... Brigittehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04474923343078122713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4771557388430184941.post-56547510045324446022015-07-15T08:01:06.433-06:002015-07-15T08:01:06.433-06:00Dear Carson, after seeing how lean and mean the go...Dear Carson, after seeing how lean and mean the good folks are at Morning Bray, I have come to the conclusion that your herd lacks exercise. And why do they lack exercise? Because you have not bothered to provide them with a hilly property! or at least a specially designed exercise ground (donkeys have a right to gyms too). I call that gross negligence, forcing them to wear unfashionable grazing muzzles, and their union has dropped me a line about it. I would hate to have to call the Humane Society on you. Thank you for acting promptly.Brigittehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04474923343078122713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4771557388430184941.post-5239206548928057952015-07-15T07:38:09.533-06:002015-07-15T07:38:09.533-06:00if it is only in that part, it is a bunch, lets st...if it is only in that part, it is a bunch, lets stay cool. it may come from a disbalance of grasshopper's predators: decrease of ants population or of lizzards. your pixes are perfect! and this mushroom, ho yumi, is it eatable?Carinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01060719708064081485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4771557388430184941.post-91021501164193778812015-07-15T07:34:56.127-06:002015-07-15T07:34:56.127-06:00Isn't that one of the signs of the apocalypse?...Isn't that one of the signs of the apocalypse? Or is it just an answer from God for the girls?Janetnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4771557388430184941.post-7320614292443544262015-07-15T07:34:48.515-06:002015-07-15T07:34:48.515-06:00I'm with everyone suggesting that the chickens...I'm with everyone suggesting that the chickens be turned loose on these critters! They would be mighty tasty since they are already seasoned with sage! LOL I'd have to believe the chickens would go hog wild over those things since they like to dine on things like tarantulas, too!! Ugh!! <br /><br />Hugs from CO - Marcia<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4771557388430184941.post-47592086621641328522015-07-15T07:09:08.732-06:002015-07-15T07:09:08.732-06:00We had an infestation like that a couple of years ...We had an infestation like that a couple of years ago. I would go out before sunrise and find them lined up on the top of the cattle panels. They seemed to congret in the warmest places overnight. There was a massacre every morning but I still lost all my new friut trees<br />Carolynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06025350297604042964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4771557388430184941.post-40661848881415903912015-07-15T06:51:53.554-06:002015-07-15T06:51:53.554-06:00that is most definitely a plague in my book. yowsa...that is most definitely a plague in my book. yowsa! so many of them.... i have heard of this happening but never seen it.MadSnapperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08163140037276496519noreply@blogger.com