Lloyd : Thanks for that about the suspended wire. What about using a coiled spring of appropriate gauge at one end to maintain tautness, yet give enough for expanding and contracting dogs?...... manfred
----- Original Message ----- From: "Lloyd Charles" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2002 6:44 PM Subject: Re: Wired! Insect deterrents > > Original Message > From: Thomas Schley Wired! Insect deterrents > > > > Hi Folks, > > An acquaintance told me she's heard of people using very thin copper > > or silver wire to ward off insects and maybe other critters. The > > wire is strung a few inches above the ground and runs up and down the > > garden rows. Anyone heard of this? What is the principle behind it? > > I assume it concentrates energy somehow that insects don't like. > > Since it doesn't seem to be very common it must have some drawbacks? > > Or is it just one of those magnificent ideas from the 1960s like > > smoking banana peels? > > -Tom > > > HiTom > A friend told me this would keep termites out of a building we were having > trouble with. The copper wire needs to be strung a few inches above ground, > on insulators, kept tight, and butt joined (end on joint) so that it will > hum / resonate (like the old time aerial phone wires used to.) Sounds good > and I believe it would work but boy does it take some doing. The wire is > almost impossible to keep tensioned, between the dog laying up against it, > and the constant expansion - contraction in a long length of copper wire - I > gave up. > We have got a trial going on at the moment with a white ant pepper made > from a tincture and also spraying the active sites with a potentised > arsenicum album (from a Malcolm Rae Card) this looks very promising. Have > had some real good results around the house and yard with simple D8 pest > insect peppers prepared with a small potentiser (this is not that difficult > to hand prepare either) and applied with a watering can. Definitely NOT > rocket science but easy and cheap and totally harmless. > Cheers > Lloyd Charles >
