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Jim writes:

Is there a portable vacuum that has enough suction to suck up a 
Yellow Jacket in flight?  The ones I've tried  aren't powerful enough to 
accomplish the task. 

My reply:

You can get a very small shop vac, I use a full size with a paper funnel I 
stick in the end.

An Oreck might also work.

tfb

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Today's Topics:

   1. Catching Yellow Jackets (Jim Fruth)
   2. Mowing raspberries (Jim Fruth)
   3. My pH meter (Jim Fruth)
   4. Re: My pH meter (Naomi Counides)


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Message: 1
Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2009 10:01:29 -0600
From: "Jim Fruth" <jfruth@tds.net>
Subject: [NAFEX] Catching Yellow Jackets
To: "NAFEX" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
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    Is there a portable vacuum that has enough suction to suck up a Yellow 
Jacket in flight?  The ones I've tried  aren't powerful enough to accomplish 
the task.  When I'm picking blackberries, I'd like to be able to have a 
vacuum cleaner in a holster so I could zap Yellow Jackets when I see them on 
or around fruit so I can stop looking at every fruit before I reach for it. 
Yellow Jackets make berry picking alot slower than the job should be.
    I'm looking for suggestions?

Jim Fruth
Brambleberry Farm
Pequot Lakes, MN  56472
For jams, jellies, syrups and more:
www.jellygal.com
1-877-265-6856 (Toll Free)
1-218-831-7018 (My Cell)
 



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Message: 2
Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2009 10:23:48 -0600
From: "Jim Fruth" <jfruth@tds.net>
Subject: [NAFEX] Mowing raspberries
To: "NAFEX" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
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    I mow my Autumn Bliss every Fall and I use a long handled pruning shears 
to accomplish the task.  We mow them right down to the ground.  If we leave 
any above ground buds, these produce low-growing summer berries - mowing 
with a lawn mower also leaves above ground buds.  All rows have drip 
irrigation permanently in place and we add 6" of pine needles every three 
years to replenish the mulch.  The only perennial weed we have a problem 
with is Quack Grass which we pull by hand as it approaches the berry patch 
from outside my property.

Jim Fruth
Brambleberry Farm
Pequot Lakes, MN  56472
For jams, jellies, syrups and more:
www.jellygal.com
1-877-265-6856 (Toll Free)
1-218-831-7018 (My Cell) 



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Message: 3
Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2009 11:04:31 -0600
From: "Jim Fruth" <jfruth@tds.net>
Subject: [NAFEX] My pH meter
To: "NAFEX" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Cc: wynne@crcwnet.com
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    Several folks have asked for the name of my (Brambleberry Farm's) pH 
meter:  Oakton Waterproof pH Tester 2   That's all the wording on it.

Jim Fruth
Brambleberry Farm
Pequot Lakes, MN  56472
For jams, jellies, syrups and more:
www.jellygal.com
1-877-265-6856 (Toll Free)
1-218-831-7018 (My Cell)




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Message: 4
Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2009 10:12:25 -0700
From: "Naomi Counides" <naomi@oznayim.us>
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] My pH meter
To: "'North American Fruit Explorers'" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
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http://www.novatech-usa.com/Products/pH-ORP-Testers/WD-35423-10


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Subject: [NAFEX] My pH meter

    Several folks have asked for the name of my (Brambleberry Farm's) pH 
meter:  Oakton Waterproof pH Tester 2   That's all the wording on it.

Jim Fruth
Brambleberry Farm
Pequot Lakes, MN  56472
For jams, jellies, syrups and more:
www.jellygal.com
1-877-265-6856 (Toll Free)
1-218-831-7018 (My Cell)


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