OK, so is it the sweat band?
Huh, I've tried every sweat band under the sun, literally, and none of them work for more than 5 minutes. I wear bandanas, folded into a triangle, as they then absorb the sweat from the baldest part of my head, they last a while but I have to change them regularly..

But thanks for the thought! ;) :)
 
OK, so is it the sweat band?
Huh, I've tried every sweat band under the sun, literally, and none of them work for more than 5 minutes. I wear bandanas, folded into a triangle, as they then absorb the sweat from the baldest part of my head, they last a while but I have to change them regularly..

But thanks for the thought! ;) :)
You need to fly a helicopter in the Falklands. After that you don't sweat EVER, allegedly.
 
OK, so is it the sweat band?
Huh, I've tried every sweat band under the sun, literally, and none of them work for more than 5 minutes. I wear bandanas, folded into a triangle, as they then absorb the sweat from the baldest part of my head, they last a while but I have to change them regularly..

But thanks for the thought! ;) :)
Am picturing...
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didn't know that!
Might have to look at what we laughingly call the "grass" over here. As we really. only have weeds.
What did you do to get rid of them, please?

Used these --- nematodes.


Applied in two consecutive years. They live in the ground for about 18 months if they don't find anything to parasite on. I suspect the chafer grubs can live in the ground for up to three years before they emerge as beetles, then the problem increases dramatically as they breed. Last year I applied the leather jacket variety as a lot of daddy longlegs were settling in the grass, coming from a neighbouring field which has not been farmed since Covid and is now overgrown with weeds. In my case a large flock of young starlings came to feed on the beetles just as they were emerging, I think that helped massively.
 
Used these --- nematodes.

Applied in two consecutive years. They live in the ground for about 18 months if they don't find anything to parasite on. I suspect the chafer grubs can live in the ground for up to three years before they emerge as beetles, then the problem increases dramatically as they breed. Last year I applied the leather jacket variety as a lot of daddy longlegs were settling in the grass, coming from a neighbouring field which has not been farmed since Covid and is now overgrown with weeds. In my case a large flock of young starlings came to feed on the beetles just as they were emerging, I think that helped massively.
Thanks for that.
I have heard of nematodes although uncertain as to their effectiveness. A good gardener round here disapproves of them, can't remember why, so we never took it any further.
 

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