Bug-A-Salt: shoot pesky flies with a pinch of table salt

As a gardener, I’m a bit skeptical about adding salt to the soil.

In the past, while hunting quick-moving katydids, I’ve shot bits of stale peanuts from a Crosman Pumpmaster Classic. You have to use a leather punch or similar to make cylindrical cores of peanut, and they the peanut projectiles have a tendency to paste up and jam (get it? peanut butter an’ jam!).

Still, three pumps is enough pressure to take out a big ol’ jumping flower eatin’ varmint.

And if you miss, scattering peanuts detritus in the garden is eco-friendly.

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