> Also, in your wet part of the world, long, green grass is plentiful.
> I have sites on lava outcrops with hardly any vegetation nearby...

Jerry got me!  I spend a lot of time on this list reminding folks that what
works in one part of the world may not work in another!  I guess I should
read what I write a bit closer.  Apologies to the water impared.

> Actually, halitosis works even better than grass.

Don't I know it!  See:
http://listserv.albany.edu:8080/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0106B&L=bee-l&P=R3424

Cheers!