Palmerosa, a cousin of Rose Geranium, is also effective. I put just a drop or twoâno moreâof pure essential oil of rose geranium on each dogâs cloth collar every week, and it really. keeps the ticks away. Check with your vet before using essential oils on cats. Iâd still check the pets daily for ticks.
Apples are a different story. Thanks to entrepreneurial growers and a generous helping of luck, most grocery stores have a full 11 varieties in rotation (Red Delicious, Golden Delicious, Granny Smith, McIntosh, Rome Beauty, Fuji, Jonathan, York, Gala, Idared, and Yellow Newton).
Pink Fir Apple is very much in vogue these days but is actually a very old potato variety dating back to 1850.The original salad potato, this late maincrop produces long, pink knobbly tubers with a similar look to artichokes. The flesh is a creamy yellow and waxy with a very distinctive nutty taste.Pink Fir Apple is highly recommended as an excellent boiling slad potato delicious eaten either hot or cold.ink Fir Apple is very much in vogue these days but is actually a very old potato variety dating back to 1850.