If there is such a thing as an ugly tree, I’m quite certain that every opossum in the world has climbed it to the very top with the intent of throwing itself off the highest limb in order to hit every branch on the way down. It’s just the only explanation. And unfortunately, it has done them no good at all. In fact, their creepy looks are one of the prime reasons for people wanting to know how to get rid of possums. That and the fact that they have a tendency to eat things they aren’t supposed to and to get into places where they don’t belong. So even though they can be beneficial to gardeners in that they eat bugs, slugs and other things that might otherwise eat your garden, I can understand why someone might want to Get Rid of Opossum. And from that understanding comes this article.
I think my fear of ghosts took hold when I was a kid and spent a lot of nights at my grandparents’ Civil War-era farmhouse. There’s just nothing like an old house with a dank cellar, a seldom-used second story, picture-window views of dark fields, and a few volumes of ghost stories on the bookshelves to foster a fear of the unknown. It also didn’t help that my aunt told me the place was haunted.
In the end I never actually experienced anything convincingly ghost-like there or anywhere else, so I’ve been able to mostly convince myself that ghosts aren’t real. I hope I’m right, but if you think your house is haunted, I’ll probably believe you in spite of myself. I’ll also offer you tips for getting rid of a ghost. Because I know all about it, now that I’ve combed through several books and websites by paranormal researchers, looking for the best ways to get rid of a ghost. I put the most common suggestions in my latest article: check it out.
Like Amber’s recent article on Asian Beetles, this article is a little sequel to the ever popular “How to Get Rid of Beetles” article. Japanese Beetles are quickly spreading across the United States, from East to West, destroying gardens, trees, shrubs, hedges, and just about anything else that’s green. On top of the insatiable appetite of the adult Japanese Beetle, the Japanese Beetle grub is also a concern for homeowners with large lawns and people who have recently put down turf. The Japanese Beetle grub loves to eat the chewy, young roots of lawn grasses and turf. It’s like an all you can eat sushi bar down there when the grass is lush and conditions are right, turning your once beautiful lawn into a patchwork of dead and dying grasses.
Want to know how to get rid of Japanese Beetles? Well, you’ve come to the right place my friend.
An introduced species is rarely an entirely good thing, even if its introduction was intentional. When you take an animal or plant out of the habitat it evolved in and put it somewhere else, bad things usually happen, often to other species that live in the new habitat. Take, for example, Asian lady beetles, which were introduced intentionally in America to control aphids and other garden pests. Mostly they do their job, each one spending the summer snacking on thousands of aphids that would otherwise conspire to destroy crops. And then October comes, the weather cools down, and suddenly Asian beetles cluster en masse on and in our houses, looking for a warm place to spend the winter. This is one of those bad things introduced species do to other species around them. They annoy us. So if you have getting rid of Asian beetles on your mind, I understand. I also want to help; my new article, How to Get Rid of Asian Beetles, is full of tips for keeping these beneficial but pesky insects out of your personal space.
Before I started researching methods of cleaning leather, I was braced for the possibility that I wouldn’t be able to do this article. In my head, leather was too delicate and easily damaged to clean with natural household products. But in reality, leather is durable. In fact, that’s why we use it. The main trick to cleaning leather is avoiding products that will dry it out or change its color. And that, it turns out, is easy enough to do without spending a ton of money—or maybe, any at all. My latest article shows you how to clean leather using environmentally friendly products that I already had around the house, and that you probably have, too.