HOLISTIC PET REMEDIES: SKIN ALLERGY, PETS HOTSPOTS, RASH. Pet skin allergy is extremely irritating to pets and hard for the pet guardian to watch. Most pet caretakers suspect skin allergies when their dog, cat or other pet animal starts to scratch, lick, chew and bite his/her own skin chronically or aggressively.econd, your dog, cat or other pet may be allergic to more than food. Vaccination is the first thing that confuses the immune system and makes the body react to normal things. It seems like the more a pet is vaccinated, the worse allergies and auto-immune symptoms it shows.
A wide variety of weeds, herbs and flowers are edible and can be fed to your ducks. Nearly every common weed, all the culinary herbs, and flowers such as nasturtium, roses, marigolds, violets, sunflowers, squash blossoms, and bee balm make tasty treats for your ducks.
Stem Rot on Squashes. Take good care of your squash plants to avoid stem rot. The term squash includes both winter squash and summer squash. Summer squashes are usually eaten while immature, such as zucchini, while winter squashes are eaten when mature, such as acorn squash. These plants are frost tender and grow as annuals in most climates. Squashes are fairly easy to grow, but a few pests, fungi and bacteria problems that can cause rotting of the stem.