Garlic Barrier

I mentioned in an earlier post about using a garlic spray that was very effective, and several people have asked what that was. It is called Garlic Barrier and I bought it at a local Organic nursery near my home, but found it online as well at http://www.garlicbarrier.com/ . The site is very informative and allows you to order directly. The spray does wear off eventually after enough sprinkler watering or daily rain showers, but it is easy to apply and quite effective. I just use a Zep utility spray bottle that I bought at Home Depot, but depending on how much area you need to cover, the company has other suggestions. And this stuff is SUPER potent - much stronger than you'd expect!

I really appreciate the idea of "natural" means whereby we can coexist with all the critters and not have to resort to killing anything just to grow some food for ourselves. I don't mean to get into the whole vegetarian issue here, but more to the thinking that there is usually an orderly, sensible, and EASY way to do things, what the Chinese would say was the Tao - the natural way of going with the flow. Everything has within it its own nature, and it is through genuine understanding by all parties that we may be able to learn to stay out of each others way!

As I also mentioned in an earlier post, my friend Ingrid plants "deer friendly" plants at the edge of her property, then plants a sort of line of demarcation of plants the deer prefer to avoid. I don't want to scare anybody off here, but I am going to also mention that she adds her own intention to this action, clearly intending the desired effect as she does what she does. It works. I have been totally amazed using similar methods with our own Golden Retrievers, Rock and Jazz, and other Goldens that we have "fostered" for Golden Retriever Rescue of Atlanta (http://grra.com/index.shtml) . Let me just tell you it will change your whole concept of what dogs - and all animals, birds, and humans - are capable of understanding when it is properly communicated! See it in your mind as though it has already been successful, and leave that intention with it. Life sure gets to be fun when you allow yourself to think like a kid again!