Maryanne, those needles are probably the very tiny ones, aren't they? I need to find some kind of syringe and needle so I can use it (of all places) in the garden. I read that injecting dilute BT (at the strength mixed for folliar feeding or drenching) into the hollow stems of the zucchini and other squash plants is the best way to keep the caterpillars from turning the stem to mush and killing the whole thing. But even just getting a syringe, if it has some kind of a collar that could be pushed through a knife slit in a stem would work. Do you have anything there you could part with that wouldn't cause any problems? I don't know what the rules are regarding syringes vs. syringes and needles, but I do know they're not OTC.

My house is a mess. It's about time for a big shakedown. I have two more days to take off, I just checked my leave status at work. This is time I would lose if I don't take them before August 31. I think that's what I'll need to do soon. Take days off and tip the house on end and empty it out.

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SRS