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Used tea bags

Back in the summer we had an epidemic of locust-type grasshoppers. They were everywhere by the thousands eating everything, including my shrubs and rose bushes. I tried sprays and dusts—nothing seemed to help. I thought my bushes were dead. My sister told me to put used tea bags around them. They came back out, and the blooms were incredible. Best of all, the grasshoppers went away. Also, used coffee grounds seem to run moles and voles away. I don’t know how it works, but it does.

Janice H. Sheffield
Ellerbe | Pee Dee EMC

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