:)
[no sneaking off to the home garden center]
DE also kills fleas in an excruciating, exquisitely painful way...it cuts them to shreds.
DE also kills roaches and other insects that crawl over it. Works on ant beds also. Sprinkle around doors, windows, baseboards, or any other possible entrance to the home and they will die.
“...make sure people know to buy _food grade_ DE...”
Yes, I buy it in 50 lb bags from the feed mill. It is Food Grade. The DE for swimming pool filters is NOT Food Grade and should never be used with animals or people.
We dust the cat beds etc to deal with fleas, and sometimes the cats. Works great.
In the barn it minimizes flies.