"Priscilla McCullough" wrote in message ...
Ahhhhhh, what is a Grub? Sounds gross!!
Priss

They're the larva of the June beetle (those big stupid ugly brown
things that stun themselves flying into porch lights). The grub is a
white fat "worm" up to an inch long, which is found just below the
soil surface. It eats grass roots. If you can stand to dig them up
yourself, I'm sure they make a great treat for your fish (I have a
number of garden pests that I hand-pick and feed to the fish -- *very*
satisfying feeling ;-).

In addition the biological controls already mentioned, I recommend
growing something other than grass -- a monoculture just begs to have
a pest come and eat it. Adding clover seed is good place to start
(but the general stupidity of the whole idea of the modern lawn is a
whole other hobby-horse which I won't ride here ;-).

The big thing I'm worried about this year is West Nile Virus -- not
that I'll get it (I think the health scare is overblown) but that
backyard ponds may be perceived as mosquito breeding grounds, and we
may need to do some fast talking to escape being sprayed or whatever.

-- Steve